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Yes that's right if you compare to now but in Feudalism, people were no more "slaves" like they were during the Roman Empire.
It was still very hard but they had the right to own land and trade which make a big difference.

The definition of feudalism is a bit muddy, (perfect for politicians) and the traditions varied over time and place (also perfect for politicians, you can claim anything), but generally feudalism is described as farmers not owning the land, the lord did and the vassals rented it in exchange for resources and military duties.

You're right, it is hard to define and you're probably the only one here that know a bit about feudalism.
But I found it really interesting, especially the high decentralization and the absence of state (as we have nowadays).
People are total ignorant when they claim that the social organization did not change in the last 3000 years.
But hey, for most Americans, History start 400 years ago or more likely 50 years ago...

Go tell Israel they never existed before.

I don't see the relevance of that comment, but since you mentioned Isralel, here is some unvalidated info from a random website:

As at 2007, the Israel Land Administration (ILA) (established in 1960) manages 93% of Israel's land comprising 19,508 km² under the following laws and land policy. The remaining 7% of land is either privately owned or under the protection of religious authorities.

...Basic Law: Israel lands (1960) states that all the lands owned by the state of Israel will remain in
state ownership, and will not be sold or given to anyone.

...Use of land in Israel usually means leasing rights from the ILA for a period of 49 or 98 years. Under Israeli law, the ILA cannot lease land to foreign nationals, which includes Palestinian residents of Jerusalem who have identity cards but are not citizens of Israel. In practice, foreigners may be allowed to lease if they show that they would qualify as Jewish under the Law of Return.

So they basically don't have private ownership of land. It is lease, and you have to have permission from the dominators to aquire that lease.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_land_and_property_laws