Palestinian people are invented or not

Submitted by Joe (India), Dec 13, 2011 at 22:02

Dear Dr Pipes:

If Palestinian muslims indeed constitute an ethnic group, they will be suffficiently different from other muslims in that area. But in this case Palestinian Muslims speak the same language, wear similar clothes, eat similar food, and follow the same religion as, say, Jordanian or Syrian Muslims. Similarly, the Palestinian Christians --whatever small number of them are left-- are no different from the other Christians in that general area. There is no one who recognizes himself as "Palestinian Jew" in that general area.

Contrast that with the situation in Sindh in Pakistan. There is a distinct SIndhi language. Sindhi food is different from the other food of the region. And, people of Sindhi origin are both Hindus and Muslims.

I am inclined to believe that Palestinian problem is indeed an invented problem and it is more an Islamic issue than ethnic. Newt is right. He has established himself to be presidential by making just one courageous statement.

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