Alex Krainer just reminded me of my own irritation I felt when I visited the US in the video I'm linking here. People there didn't seem to feel any pain or loss when they had to move somewhere else for a job, even if it was a thousand miles away. Families live apart from each other, scattered across the vast country. I never felt comfortable imagining that. I'm much more attached to where I live, and my family isn't so far away that a two-hour drive wouldn't be enough to overcome the distance.

With the Palestinians, I agree with you, it's more like the Apache tribe you described - they know the land, they know the soil, they know how to grow food and how to get by, and they are much more deeply rooted with their ancestors. I can empathise with that.