--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > The Greek form Palaistinêi from which English "Palestine" is > > ultimately derived, was first used in the 5th century BCE by > > Herodotus who wrote of the "district of Syria, called > Palaistinêi". > > The boundaries of the area he referred to were not explicitly > > stated, but Josephus used the name only for Philistia. Ptolemy > also > > used the term. In Latin, Pliny wrote of a region of Syria that > > was "formerly called Palaestina" when describing the eastern coast > > of the Mediterranean. > > > > Roman times > > As a result of the First Jewish-Roman War (6673), Titus sacked > > Jerusalem and destroyed the Second Temple, leaving only the > Western > > Wall. In 135, following the fall of a Jewish revolt led by Bar > > Kokhba in 132135, the Roman emperor Hadrian expelled most Jews > from > > Judea, leaving large Jewish populations in Samaria and the > Galilee. > > He also changed the name of the Roman province of Judea (Israel) > to > > Syria Palaestina named after the Philistines as an insult to the > now > > conquered Jews. In what was considered a form of psychological > > warfare, the Romans also tried to change the name of Jerusalem to > > Aelia Capitolina, but that had less staying power. Over time the > > name Syria Palaestina was shortened to Palaestina, which by then > had > > become an administrative political unit within the Roman Empire. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine#History > > > > OffWorld > > > > **************** > > There are people who deny that Nazi Germany killed millions of Jews - > - the claim that there never was a Palestine is on a moral and > intellectual par, by people who think that this big lie makes the > Zionist land grab an OK thing. >>
It is Ironic > The victors of WWII forced Israel on the Arab world at a time when > those countries were weak, poor, and disorganized -- sooner or later > the Arab peoples will be organized enough to reassert control over > Palestine, no matter how much blood and money the U.S. and Israel > are willing to spend. > > Zionism is really just trying to put the toothpaste back in the > tube, and it ain't gonna work. Europeans took over North America > primarily because disease killed 90% of the indigenous population, > but Israel's 5 million Jews are vastly outnumbered and that math is > never going to change in Israel's favor. It's entirely > understandable that the Jews of Europe would seek a place where Jews > could live without pogroms, but Israel is not that place and never > will be. If humans were capable of reason (and of course they are > not, the situation is hopeless until human consciousness is more > expanded), then another homeland for the Jews would be found, > instead of a place that will be a super-pogrom for them and their > neighbors. > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
