Isn't it interesting that prior to the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, there was no serious movement for a Palestinian homeland?
"Well, Farah," you might say, "that was before the Israelis seized the West Bank and Old Jerusalem."
That's true. In the Six-Day War, Israel captured Judea, Samaria and East Jerusalem. But they didn't capture these territories from Yasser Arafat. They captured them from Jordan's King Hussein. I can't help but wonder why all these Palestinians suddenly discovered their national identity after Israel won the war.
The truth is that Palestine is no more real than Never-Never Land. The first time the name was used was in 70 A.D. when the Romans committed genocide against the Jews, smashed the Temple and declared the land of Israel would be no more. From then on, the Romans promised, it would be known as Palestine. The name was derived from the Philistines, a Goliathian people conquered by the Jews centuries earlier. It was a way for the Romans to add insult to injury. They also tried to change the name of Jerusalem to Aelia Capitolina, but that had even less staying power.
Palestine has never existed -- before or since -- as an autonomous entity. It was ruled alternately by Rome, by Islamic and Christian crusaders, by the Ottoman Empire and, briefly, by the British after World War I. The British agreed to restore at least part of the land to the Jewish people as their homeland.
There is no language known as Palestinian. There is no distinct Palestinian culture. There has never been a land known as Palestine governed by Palestinians. Palestinians are Arabs, indistinguishable from Jordanians (another recent invention), Syrians, Lebanese, Iraqis, etc. Keep in mind that the Arabs control 99.9 percent of the Middle East lands. Israel represents one-tenth of 1 percent of the landmass.
But that's too much for the Arabs. They want it all. And that is ultimately what the fighting in Israel is about today. Greed. Pride. Envy. Covetousness. No matter how many land concessions the Israelis make, it will never be enough.
What about Islam's holy sites? There are none in Jerusalem.
Shocked? You should be. I don't expect you will ever hear this brutal truth from anyone else in the international media. It's just not politically correct.
dougal said:If he was such a terrorest how come he had great relationships with most world leaders?
I dont know much about the man, but he did repersent a people who would kill themselves to kill others.
Arafat has no control over the Radical factions notorious for their bus bombings and terrorist attacks. I share my condolences with the Israeli people for the terror and destruction that have brung misery among the Israeli Population.
Whether you agree with it or not most of the Islamic extremist groups and the PLO fall under that definition.
I don't think PLO still employed Terrorist tactics. Most of the terrorist attacks where done by renegade organizations
Calling Arafat a terrorist is dangerous....reconsider the consequences please. The start of all this chaotic middle eastern conflict starts from here. I'm asking everyone to stop this one Pro-Israel side. Everyone suffers from this conflict, including the United States. Got it?
An Israeli Sniper shot an innocent Palestinian Girl playing in the park. A Palestinian bus driver collided purposely injuring and killing Israeli several riders. More Palestinian civilians and Israeli are getting killed in the crossfire.
I think you are confusing hate and predjeduce for common sense and factual information.
Arafat should have disarmed Hammas back in 1994, when he had 35000 armed police men, a bettalion of BRDM 2s, and Helicopters. Instead he decided to keep them around as a weapon against Israel. Now its going to turn right back and bite the PLO smack on the a$$. Another piece of Arafats "peace making"
Secrecy said:you're forgetting that there is a power struggle within the PLO and I can say that the leaders were happy that Arafat is gone. (First thing, they didn't agreed to Arafat's policies of holding back)
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