If you are so sure that " Palestine" , the country, goes back through most of
recorded history, I expect you to be able to answer a few basic questions about
that country of "Palestine" :
- When was it founded and by whom?
- What were its borders?
- What was its capital?
- What were its major cities?
- What constituted the basis of its economy?
- What was its form of government?
- Can you name at least one Palestinian leader before Arafat?
- Was Palestine ever recognized by a country whose existence, at that time or
now, leaves no room for interpretation?
- What was the language of the country of Palestine ?
- What was the prevalent religion of the country of Palestine ?
- What was the name of its currency? Choose any date in history and tell what
was the approximate exchange rate of the Palestinian monetary unit against the
US dollar, German mark, GB pound, Japanese yen, or Chinese yuan on that date.
- And, finally, since there is no such country today, what caused its demise
and when did it occur?
You are lamenting the "low sinking" of a "once
proud" nation. Please tell me, when exactly was that "nation" proud and what was
it so proud of?
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And here is the least sarcastic question of all: If the
people you mistakenly call "Palestinians" are anything but generic Arabs
collected from all over -- or thrown out of -- the Arab world, if they really
have a genuine ethnic identity that gives them right for self-determination, why
did they never try to become independent until Arabs suffered their devastating
defeat in the Six Day War?
I hope you avoid the temptation to trace the
modern day "Palestinians" to the Biblical Philistines: substituting etymology
for history won't work here.
The truth should be obvious to everyone who
wants to know it. Arab countries have never abandoned the dream of destroying
Israel ; they still cherish it today. Having time and again failed to achieve
their evil goal with military means, they decided to fight Israel by proxy. For
that purpose, they created a terrorist organization, cynically called it "the
Palestinian people" and installed it in Gaza , Judea, and Samaria . How else can
you explain the refusal by Jordan and Egypt to unconditionally accept back the
"West Bank" and Gaza , respectively?
The fact is, Arabs populating Gaza,
Judea, and Samaria have much less claim to nationhood than that Indian tribe
that successfully emerged in Connecticut with the purpose of starting a
tax-exempt casino: at least that tribe had a constructive goal that motivated
them. The so-called "Palestinians" have only one motivation: the destruction of
Israel , and in my book that is not sufficient to consider them a nation" -- or
anything else except what they really are: a terrorist organization that will
one day be dismantled.
In fact, there is only one way to achieve peace in
the Middle East . Arab countries must acknowledge and accept their defeat in
their war against Israel and, as the losing side should, pay Israel reparations
for the more than 50 years of devastation they have visited on it. The most
appropriate form of such reparations would be the removal of their terrorist
organization from the land of Israel and accepting Israel 's ancient sovereignty
over Gaza , Judea, and Samaria.
That will mark the end of the Palestinian
people. What are you saying again was its beginning?
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