Weatherman2020
Diamond Member
Prior to around 1965 there was no one who identified themselves as "Palestinians" in the sense of what the people of Gaza call themselves today. Prior to the mid 1960's it was a generic term for the people of the area, which included Arabs, Jews and Gentiles.
That is why you can't find any names of real leadership before Arafat, he was really the first leader of this new people.
Jews have David Ben-Gurion and Palestinians have no one. Egypt and in a smaller extent Jordan and Syria were involved in assuming leadership of Gaza. There is no King David or Moses of the Palestinian people prior to 1965.
That is why you can't find any names of real leadership before Arafat, he was really the first leader of this new people.
Jews have David Ben-Gurion and Palestinians have no one. Egypt and in a smaller extent Jordan and Syria were involved in assuming leadership of Gaza. There is no King David or Moses of the Palestinian people prior to 1965.