"palestinians" have been there all along? not the muslims, who invaded Christian, non-arabic Palestine!

Submitted by Peter (Canada), Feb 10, 2010 at 03:34

The arabs that now call themselves "Palestinians" are a different group than the earlier Christians of many Roman empire nationalities, that were the residents of the state named "Palestine" in the second century by Hadrian, after the Jews were driven out. Only Jews can claim the earliest home there, of all existing peoples today, then Christians that were Armenian, Italian, Greek, etc. (as well as Jewish).

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