I am awaiting the onslaught of criticism, but figured I'd post this anyway...
"There were no such thing as Palestinians. When was there an independent Palestinian people with a Palestinian state? It was either southern Syria before the First World War, and then it was a Palestine including Jordan. It was not as though there was a Palestinian people in Palestine considering itself as a Palestinian people and we came and threw them out and took their country away from them. They did not exist."
-- quote from Golda Meir
Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the 1949 Armistice Agreements between Israel and neighboring Arab states eliminated Palestine as a distinct territory. With the establishment of Israel, the remaining lands were divided amongst Egypt, Syria and Jordan. The Arab governments at this point refused to set up a State of Palestine.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine)
Now, I don't pretend to know the history of the region or the conflict intimately, but I found these items interesting. But I expect many people will present opposing views as soon as I post this...
And I wonder: if Israel eventually returns some lands to the Palestinians, will Egypt, Syria, and Jordan do the same with the land THEY reappropriated? It would be interesting to see...
I am awaiting the onslaught of criticism, but figured I'd post this anyway...
"There were no such thing as Palestinians. When was there an independent Palestinian people with a Palestinian state? It was either southern Syria before the First World War, and then it was a Palestine including Jordan. It was not as though there was a Palestinian people in Palestine considering itself as a Palestinian people and we came and threw them out and took their country away from them. They did not exist."
-- quote from Golda Meir
Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the 1949 Armistice Agreements between Israel and neighboring Arab states eliminated Palestine as a distinct territory. With the establishment of Israel, the remaining lands were divided amongst Egypt, Syria and Jordan. The Arab governments at this point refused to set up a State of Palestine.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine)
Now, I don't pretend to know the history of the region or the conflict intimately, but I found these items interesting. But I expect many people will present opposing views as soon as I post this...
And I wonder: if Israel eventually returns some lands to the Palestinians, will Egypt, Syria, and Jordan do the same with the land THEY reappropriated? It would be interesting to see...