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Palestinians are a defeated people

Reader comment on item: Moshe Ya'alon's "Harsh" and "Heartless" Comment about the Palestinians

Submitted by Lily Flacks (Canada), Aug 9, 2009 at 08:05

There is power in words, and with the words come legitimacy. I believe we need to change our words and thus our thinking. It is a historical fact that almost 80% of Palestine is now Jordan, and almost 80% of the people currently living in Jordan had once lived in that area of Palestine. It is also a historical fact that the name Jordan was created from whole cloth. It is also fact that the vast area of Palestine was given away to the family of the present rulers of Jordan. This family continues to rule Arab Palestine. Thus it is to Jordan that the "Palestinian" Arabs need to focus their attention and their desire to claim a nation of their own. It is from the Jordanian rulers that the "Palestinian" Arabs need to demand the "Right of Return"; a right continually denied to them.

It is from the Jordanian rulers that the "Palestinian" Arabs, within Jordan and in exile, need to demand the name be changed to Palestine. And it is from the Jordanian rulers that the "Palestinians" Arabs need to demand reparations for sixty years of exile. Thus the "Palestinian" Arabs are not a defeated people, they are a fairly recent (in historical terms) "nation" whose home base is the area of Palestine now illegitimately known as Jordan. Israel has belonged to the Jewish people for millennia (not sixty years, Mr. Obama), and is the eternal home of the nation of the Jewish people. I would respectfully direct the hundred of millions of Arabs and hundred of millions of Muslims world wide to direct their attention toward the Illegitimate rulers of Jordan; that is, if they are sincere about declaring themselves a "people" and claiming a land of their own. P.S., the area of Jordan is vast, has lots of resources, and a stable society. Something for the "Palestinian" Arabs to think about?... Lily

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Congrats [59 words]Doug CorriganAug 16, 2009 12:32160264
A question [72 words]
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EdnaAug 11, 2009 21:21160073
Defeated Nations do not dictate the terms. Simple Truth. [67 words]SallyAug 11, 2009 18:13160070
1interestingly the Jews don't say much hate, even after all that has happened to them. [135 words]Phil GreendAug 11, 2009 13:16160053
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a people?? [255 words]
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Yuval Brandstetter MDAug 12, 2009 09:00160019
1No tanks, no jets ; brains only need to apply ! [325 words]PepitoAug 16, 2009 03:18160019
Defeated by themselves [48 words]shani bornsteinAug 10, 2009 13:14159993
But note the Star's first sentence [77 words]Abu NudnikAug 10, 2009 00:31159945
Arab nations are responsible for repression of non-nation, Palestine ... [516 words]kmanAug 9, 2009 21:20159935
What Ayalon was claimed to have said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [74 words]StevenLAug 9, 2009 20:42159930
When the voice of the Middle Eastern people of Peace counts... [242 words]Norma FaresAug 9, 2009 20:14159929
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"Harsh" & "heartless" comments [28 words]M.D.Aug 9, 2009 15:26159906
Victory is not an option [93 words]TomAug 9, 2009 15:21159904
Turks and the Yishuv in World War 1. [22 words]Richard FeinbloomAug 9, 2009 15:17159902
Not true [279 words]John W. McGinleyAug 9, 2009 12:34159892
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....... a defeated people? [8 words]
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