Billy_Kinetta
Paladin of the Lost Hour
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A distinct common culture would be necessary to identify them as a distinct people, and in terms of culture, they are just generic Arabs, not at all distinct from other Arabs in the region. As for self identification, that only occurred in the middle of the last century, well after the state of Israel was created. They have rights as people, but there is no rational basis in fact or logic for inventing them as "a people".Sel identification, common culture, every people starts somewhere. Is there a magical date that determines when a peop,e becomes a peop,e?So what makes the Palestinians "a people"? Before Israel was established by the Jews in modern times, they were just people living in a certain area, so what makes them "a people" now?Land rights are not determined by ancient religiousActually there is a written account of how great an expanse of land the Jews originally owned. You probably have a copy of the book it was written in somewhere in your house, maybe in a closet or a bookshelf. If you don't, you could probably find it in a public library or something.
Unfortunately, that book doesn't have any pictures in it, because they didn't have cameras back then. So I'll post this one...
Biblical Boundaries of the Land of Israel - The Israel Bible
A Japanese guy came up with this:
A Japanese View of the Palestinians
"If you are so sure that " Palestine , the country, goes back through most of recorded history," I expect you to be able to answer a few basic questions about that country of Palestine :
- When was it founded and by whom?
- What were its borders?
- What was its capital?
- What were its major cities?
- What constituted the basis of its economy?
- What was its form of government?
- Can you name at least one Palestinian leader before Arafat?
- Was Palestine ever recognized by a country whose existence, at that time or now, leaves no room for interpretation?
- What was the language of the country of Palestine ?
- What was the prevalent religion of the country of Palestine ?
- What was the name of its currency? Choose any date in history and tell what was the approximate exchange rate of the Palestinian monetary unit against the US dollar, German mark, GB pound, Japanese yen, or Chinese yuan on that date.
- And, finally, since there is no such country today, what caused its demise and when did it occur?"
So? A people is not determined by nationhood, a founding or a currency.
It is just an attempt to deny a people their rights to exist. Ironic given those same deniers fight tooth and nail against those who deny the Jews there rights to exhist.
There is no magical timeline after which they are not allowed to become a people.
What makes any people unique?
The Palestinians have a shared heritage, customs and culture.
And that is?