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willbeurdaddy -> RE: US slams Israel 'insult' (3/15/2010 11:35:49 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Aneirin
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ORIGINAL: willbeurdaddy
"more complicated than he thinks" might be the understatment of the century. He is totally clueless about the history of the region. He obviously doesnt know that "Palestinian's" have never been indigenous settlers of the territory encompassed by Israel.
I understand the Palestinians have been in Palestine before it became Israel since at least the tenth century, roughly a thousand years of settlement. So as you are the font of all wisdom where did those that call themselves Palestinians come from, could they have not already been there, but converted to Islam with the Seljuk invasions ? To understand non Moslem people in Moslem countries held a lower status to Moslems, but as Dhimmi, people of the book, conversion to Islam was easy and many could/would have took it to ensure a better life.
Why don't you ask the PLO?
"Way back on March 31, 1977, the Dutch newspaper Trouw published an interview with Palestine Liberation Organization executive committee member Zahir Muhsein. Here's what he said:
The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct "Palestinian people" to oppose Zionism.
For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan."
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