Historic Illegitimacy

Submitted by Amin Riaz (United Kingdom), Jun 3, 2011 at 01:33

allow me to state that in fact there is no historical people of Palestinians, whereas the Jews can draw historical legitimacy down in history to King David's Jerusalem, some 12000 years ago.

Try reading the Bible - then you will find that the Jews were the ones came from Egypt. This land belonged to someone else. Another thing you will find is that Arabs and Jews are ONE race - both semitic. And there is more or less concesus on that. Arabs are more or less nabateans and Jews - Israelites. Both sub-group of Semite race - besides Africans the earliest know humans.

In modern history, Jews lost soverignty over a 1000 years ago until 1948. When the land was forcibly given to them by the British Colonial Rule.

As far as the so-called Palestine being smart move by Arafat. Then why did the British from that region use to issue passports with the regional name Palestine?

The name Palestine is common since 450BC.

Now who is making stuff up?

So where did you get your FACT from and the 12000 years?

Israel is national homeland for Jews. And that is unchallengeable. So your one state solution is unworkable. The 2 state solution is much better.

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