Garlon3A wrote:
> palestine....came into existance in 1926. before the british and the
french
> defeated the turks and took over the ottoman empire, there was no
palestine,
> no syria, no jordan, no lebanon, no saudi arabia, no iraq. these
countries,
> just like the nations of africa....are the imagination of the brits, the
> french, the usa, and the league of nations. their borders, are
completaly
> arbitrary. their names, are completaly arbitraty. the great majority
of
> the people in all these nations are arabs. that is their nationality.
the
> modern nations were created to consolidate power amoung rich and
powerful
> arab tribes. the hashemites, the sauds, etc.
>
> these nations, are no more seperate nations that new hamp****re, vermont,
and
> massachusetts. they are not like germany, france, italy, and spain.
they
> do not have seperate languages, culture, foods, ethnicities, etc. they
are
> one arab nation...divided into arbitraty and meaningless political
entities.
> they were divided to prevent the creation of a united arab nation..which
> would have been a threat to the west. the west preffered several arab
> states, squabling amoungst themselves, then one powerful arab nation.
>
> palestine is no different. there is no palestinian culture. there is
no
> palestinian language. there is no palestinian ethnicity. they are
> arabs...just as they claimed until 1947.
>
>
>
then there can be no "Israelis" only persons who claim to be "Jewish"
which is unable to be defined.
Y.


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