2. Jews have been living there for the same time and earlier (when not
killed by crusaders, Muslim mobs, etc.)
3. The amount of Arabs living in the area were very low in comparison to all
that claim it now. All you need is a relative in the area to claim you live
there. Arafat is from Egypt, yet is the 'father' of Palestinian
independence. Point.
> It's a bit complicated. From the early middle ages to the 12th Century,
the
> area was controlled by the Islamic Caliphate. It was populated by a
mixture
> of Christians, Jews and Moslems. Then for about 200 years it was
controlled
> by European Crusaders. Then by the Ottoman Turks until the First World War
> when Palestine was taken over by the British. They controlled Palestine
> until 1948 when it was partitioned into Israel and Palestine. During the
> Israeli war of Independence, the Suez War of 1956 and the 7 Day War in
1967,
> Israel expanded to its current boundaries. Its rather disingenuous to say
> that the Palestinians were recent migrants, since there has been a
> historical record of Palestinians living there since the Islamic conquest
of
> the 7th century A.D.
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