montelatici
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If the Palestinians are of Arab descent as they contend then their original homeland is Arabia is it not are they not interlopers by your logic as well... If people of Arab descent from Arabia convert to Christian or Muslim religions did they not come in and steal the land from someone previously...Your argument is circular and can be used against you...Land is bought and sold and conquered all the time people are removed justly or unjustly constantly there is not one nation on earth that is not guilty of this by you singling out the Jews only you are showing your true colours...At one time this land belonged to the Jews and they have never not lived there in one form or another by your denying their right their even though many of the Jews are from former Muslim countries where they were kicked out of ... You only point your finger at Jews of European descent what of Jews of Iraqi,Yemeni, Syrian, Egyptian etc etc descent... You sir are showing your true colours..Palestine is no more the ancient homeland of European Jews, than it is to European Christians. Converting to a religion does not make one indigenous to the location where the religion was established.
Europeans "bought" less than 10% of the land in Palestine from the Christian and Muslim owners. 90% of the land was owned by Christians and Muslims until 1948, when the Jews stole the land from them.
Arab is a language and culture, not an ethnicity. The Palestinian's homeland is Palestine. They are, for the most past, descendants of the people that lived in the area prior to the Roman conquest who converted to Christianity by choice and by law after the Romans made Christianity the state religion and required all residents of Aelia Capotolini (Jersualem) to be Christians, as it was the major Christian holy city for the Orthodox.
Arab is an analog to Hispanic. An Indio in Mexico speaks Spanish and has adopted many Spanish cultural rituals, including the Catholic religion, but they are not Spanish. Palestinians are not Arabians. the Arabians arrived to rule, they didn't settle.
Even Egyptians are not very Arabian.
Tunisians are less Arabian than Ashkenazi Jews, who are 10 % Arabian.