It is so true that people who are not entrenched in their anti- Israel beliefs to the point that they do not want to be “confused by the facts”, are people who can learn if they were educated. If you ask most of those chanting “from river to sea” which river, and what’s the name of the sea, they can’t even answer.
Three important comments to add to the history of the area called Palestine by the British— and at the time referred to the Jewish population of that area. The mandate on Palestine that was given to the British in 1918 was for the purpose of “creating a homeland for the Jews.” However, soon after, the British went on to hand over 76% of that land to the Hashemite, creating Jordan, which was made of the population that called themselves Palestinians . So for 75 years the fight is over the remaining remaining 24%.
The second comment relates to the fact that for thousands of years there was a Jewish life in this area, notably in cities such as Safed and Jerusalem. Jews did not just begin to arrive in numbers following the holocaust, but during a revival in the late 1800s. According to independent observers, such as Mark Twain, the land then was desolate, and almost empty of inhabitants.
Third, once the Jews began to arrive, dried swamps that covered most of the center of Israel, (the Sharon) built roads, and began agricultural projects, Arabs started to come in, seeking work. They did not come to claim the place as their ancestral land, as the Jew did. Eventually the Arabs made homes and built villages, there is no denying that, but the numbers show that they had had hardly lived there before the Jews began to develop the land .
It is so true that people who are not entrenched in their anti- Israel beliefs to the point that they do not want to be “confused by the facts”, are people who can learn if they were educated. If you ask most of those chanting “from river to sea” which river, and what’s the name of the sea, they can’t even answer.
Three important comments to add to the history of the area called Palestine by the British— and at the time referred to the Jewish population of that area. The mandate on Palestine that was given to the British in 1918 was for the purpose of “creating a homeland for the Jews.” However, soon after, the British went on to hand over 76% of that land to the Hashemite, creating Jordan, which was made of the population that called themselves Palestinians . So for 75 years the fight is over the remaining remaining 24%.
The second comment relates to the fact that for thousands of years there was a Jewish life in this area, notably in cities such as Safed and Jerusalem. Jews did not just begin to arrive in numbers following the holocaust, but during a revival in the late 1800s. According to independent observers, such as Mark Twain, the land then was desolate, and almost empty of inhabitants.
Third, once the Jews began to arrive, dried swamps that covered most of the center of Israel, (the Sharon) built roads, and began agricultural projects, Arabs started to come in, seeking work. They did not come to claim the place as their ancestral land, as the Jew did. Eventually the Arabs made homes and built villages, there is no denying that, but the numbers show that they had had hardly lived there before the Jews began to develop the land .
Great article.
Thank you🙂