Most of the Arabs in Palestine did not own their land? I believe that assertion is in dispute. Please see the "Modern Palestine" section at www.palestiniancenter.org. It provides a complete history of the region. Even those Arab lands that were "owned" by Jordan and Syria in 1948 were taken without compensation.
It appears the Zionists simply took the land they wanted (the lands that were classified the best) without offering any monetary compensation.
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