Utter uneducated BS, Larry. The name that was given to the region was "Philistia" and the people were known as the Phillistines, hence the name "Palestine"
"After being repulsed by the Egyptians, they occupied the coastal plain of Palestine from Joppa (modern Tel Aviv–Yafo) southward to the Gaza Strip. The area contained the five cities (the Pentapolis) of the Philistine confederacy (Gaza, Ashkelon [Ascalon], Ashdod, Gath, and Ekron) and was known as Philistia, or the Land of the Philistines. It was from this designation that the whole of the country was later called Palestine by the Greeks. " ---Encyclopedia Brittanica You lose Adios OffWorld >.>> > Again off_world you are confused. > > Prior to the influx of thousands of eastern European hardworking > Jews in the second half of XIX c and on, the Land of Israel was > scarcely populated: majority were religious Jews who lived in the > holy cities (Tver, Hevron, Tsfat etc.), Druze in the north, > Bedouins, who wondered all over Negev, Sinai and Tran Jordan > deserts, and, yes, there were two, I repeat TWO Arab clans. One > Muslim clan Husseini, and one Christian Nusseibah. That is it. All > those Arabs, who now call themselves "Palestinians" "Refugees" etc. > are in fact scavengers who invaded Israel from Egypt, Syria, Lebanon > etc. looking for the handouts from the Jews. They are grandchildren > of scavengers and have no historical, moral or any other right in > the Land of the Jews. > Palestine? Why won't these Arabs call themselves Martians, no wait, > Lunatics! > > Let us examine the truths here: > > 1) There never was a Palestinian state or a Palestinian nation. > There are no Palestinian people, per se. Rather, these are Arabs > living in a region that historically has been called many things, > including "Palestine." > > 2) Israel did not go to war against a Palestinian state and occupy > its land. Rather, Israel was attacked by six Arab countries at once. > She defended herself, defeated her attackers, and won the so- called > territories, not from the Palestinians, but from Jordan and Egypt. > > 3) Jerusalem was never the capital of any state but Israel. It was > certainly never the capital of a country that never existed. Why > should the Palestinians get any part of it? Because they want it? > Because they have terrorists? > > 4) Jerusalem, under the current Israeli control, is a free and open > city. Israel, as a democracy, guarantees freedom of religion within > its borders. Contrast this fact with areas that have come under > Palestinian occupation. What percentage of Christians have left in > recent years because they cannot stand the harassment and > persecution? > > 5) Most Arabs living in Palestine today are not indigenous to the > region. It was not until after the Jews had changed deserts and > swamps into a productive and thriving land that the Arabs started > migrating there. Arafat himself was born and raised in Cairo, Egypt. > Did you know that? > > The belief that giving the Palestinians a state will bring peace is > a delusion. > > Unless the Arabs recognize and accept these truths, even if they are > given a state of their own, and no matter how many agreements and > treaties they sign, they will always feel wronged, cheated, and > forced into giving up what they now claim is theirs. They will > continue to plot and look for an opportunity to destroy Israel in > order to take back what they claim is theirs, especially the younger > generation that has been brainwashed to hate the "occupying enemy." > Whether there is a Palestinian state or not, there will be no peace. > > Only a massive and ongoing re-education of the Arab people to these > truths will enable meaningful negotiations to begin, followed by a > lasting peace between Arabs and Jews. It is therefore critical that > everyone who has an audience, whether in print or other media, use > the forum they have available to repeat these truths again and again > until they reach the consciousness of those waging war in the Middle > East>>>> >.> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/zAINmC/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
