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Palestinians are a people, a shitty people
By Ali Gharib on Oct 28, 2011
Former pizza company CEO and GOP candidate Herman Cain started his presidential campaign quite by accident, it seems as an advocate for a cherished Palestinian ideal to return to their homelands throughout historic Palestine by endorsing the right of return. But hes come a long way since then. Cains not foreign policy dumb, he says, and now hes challenging reporters to take on his expertise in global affairs. Hes come so far on the Palestinian issue that he is even hedging about whether or not Palestinians have a national identity at all.
In an interview with the free Israeli daily newspaper Israel Hayom (or Israel Today), Cain, in attempt to show how President Obamas lack of a firm stand regarding Israel has emboldened Israels enemies, made his most disparaging comments yet about Palestinians, verging on denying their existence as a people:
More: Herman Cain Denies That Palestinian People Exist | ThinkProgress
Palestinians are a people, a shitty people
Now Tank, let's don't be cruel. Why are they a "shitty people"? What if the Palestinian/Israeli situation were reversed? Would the Jews then be the "shitty people"?
How can you not feel sorry for the Palestinians? As a Native American, my heart goes out to them. They've been screwed, blued, and tattooed.
There is no such thing as a Palestinian, nor is there is such thing as Palestine.By Ali Gharib on Oct 28, 2011
Former pizza company CEO and GOP candidate Herman Cain started his presidential campaign quite by accident, it seems as an advocate for a cherished Palestinian ideal to return to their homelands throughout historic Palestine by endorsing the right of return. But hes come a long way since then. Cains not foreign policy dumb, he says, and now hes challenging reporters to take on his expertise in global affairs. Hes come so far on the Palestinian issue that he is even hedging about whether or not Palestinians have a national identity at all.
In an interview with the free Israeli daily newspaper Israel Hayom (or Israel Today), Cain, in attempt to show how President Obamas lack of a firm stand regarding Israel has emboldened Israels enemies, made his most disparaging comments yet about Palestinians, verging on denying their existence as a people:
More: Herman Cain Denies That Palestinian People Exist | ThinkProgress
Where did the name Palestine come from?
The name Palestine refers to a region of the eastern Mediterranean coast from the sea to the Jordan valley and from the southern Negev desert to the Galilee lake region in the north. The word itself derives from “Plesheth”, a name that appears frequently in the Bible and has come into English as “Philistine”. Plesheth, (root palash) was a general term meaning rolling or migratory. This referred to the Philistine’s invasion and conquest of the coast from the sea. The Philistines were not Arabs nor even Semites, they were most closely related to the Greeks originating from Asia Minor and Greek localities. They did not speak Arabic. They had no connection, ethnic, linguistic or historical with Arabia or Arabs.
The Philistines reached the southern coast of Israel in several waves. One group arrived in the pre-patriarchal period and settled south of Beersheba in Gerar where they came into conflict with Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael. Another group, coming from Crete after being repulsed from an attempted invasion of Egypt by Rameses III in 1194 BCE, seized the southern coastal area, where they founded five settlements (Gaza, Ascalon, Ashdod, Ekron and Gat). In the Persian and Greek periods, foreign settlers – chiefly from the Mediterranean islands – overran the Philistine districts.
From the fifth century BC, following the historian Herodotus, Greeks called the eastern coast of the Mediterranean “the Philistine Syria” using the Greek language form of the name. In AD 135, after putting down the Bar Kochba revolt, the second major Jewish revolt against Rome, the Emperor Hadrian wanted to blot out the name of the Roman “Provincia Judaea” and so renamed it “Provincia Syria Palaestina”, the Latin version of the Greek name and the first use of the name as an administrative unit. The name “Provincia Syria Palaestina” was later shortened to Palaestina, from which the modern, anglicized “Palestine” is derived.
Apparently its why his supporters like him.I've never seen a presidential candidate as unprepared as Cain.
Right. They are Jordanians. (Some Egyptians, too)Where did the name Palestine come from?
The name Palestine refers to a region of the eastern Mediterranean coast from the sea to the Jordan valley and from the southern Negev desert to the Galilee lake region in the north. The word itself derives from Plesheth, a name that appears frequently in the Bible and has come into English as Philistine. Plesheth, (root palash) was a general term meaning rolling or migratory. This referred to the Philistines invasion and conquest of the coast from the sea. The Philistines were not Arabs nor even Semites, they were most closely related to the Greeks originating from Asia Minor and Greek localities. They did not speak Arabic. They had no connection, ethnic, linguistic or historical with Arabia or Arabs.
The Philistines reached the southern coast of Israel in several waves. One group arrived in the pre-patriarchal period and settled south of Beersheba in Gerar where they came into conflict with Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael. Another group, coming from Crete after being repulsed from an attempted invasion of Egypt by Rameses III in 1194 BCE, seized the southern coastal area, where they founded five settlements (Gaza, Ascalon, Ashdod, Ekron and Gat). In the Persian and Greek periods, foreign settlers chiefly from the Mediterranean islands overran the Philistine districts.
From the fifth century BC, following the historian Herodotus, Greeks called the eastern coast of the Mediterranean the Philistine Syria using the Greek language form of the name. In AD 135, after putting down the Bar Kochba revolt, the second major Jewish revolt against Rome, the Emperor Hadrian wanted to blot out the name of the Roman Provincia Judaea and so renamed it Provincia Syria Palaestina, the Latin version of the Greek name and the first use of the name as an administrative unit. The name Provincia Syria Palaestina was later shortened to Palaestina, from which the modern, anglicized Palestine is derived.
More: Origin of the Name Palestine | Palestine Facts
Apparently its why his supporters like him.I've never seen a presidential candidate as unprepared as Cain.
He's right. There are no Palestinians. They are Jordanians.
They are Jordanians.He's right. There are no Palestinians. They are Jordanians.
Palestinian goes back to the 5th century BC as a land...Before that sure the kingdom of the jews, but up to the 20s-30s it was Palestinian and jews living within the land of Palestine. Can you show me where I'm wrong?
More: Herman Cain Denies That Palestinian People Exist | ThinkProgressBy Ali Gharib on Oct 28, 2011
Former pizza company CEO and GOP candidate Herman Cain started his presidential campaign quite by accident, it seems as an advocate for a cherished Palestinian ideal to return to their homelands throughout historic Palestine by endorsing the right of return. But hes come a long way since then. Cains not foreign policy dumb, he says, and now hes challenging reporters to take on his expertise in global affairs. Hes come so far on the Palestinian issue that he is even hedging about whether or not Palestinians have a national identity at all.
In an interview with the free Israeli daily newspaper Israel Hayom (or Israel Today), Cain, in attempt to show how President Obamas lack of a firm stand regarding Israel has emboldened Israels enemies, made his most disparaging comments yet about Palestinians, verging on denying their existence as a people:
He's right. There are no Palestinians. They are Jordanians.
Palestine goes back to the 5th century BC as a land...Before that sure the kingdom of the jews, but up to the 20s-30s it was Palestinian and jews living within the land of Palestine. Can you show me where I'm wrong?
wow...someone finally told the truth about the pals being jordanian?
Since when are the "pals" jordanian?
