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The “Palestinians” (largely refugees from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, and what was once a Christian country in the Middle East, Lebanon), had been kicked out of their own lands of origin, as they were the dregs of society in those countries generations ago. But unlike the people who came to America from its beginning and were welcomed as immigrants, they had no perception of freedom or willingness to actually seek a new and improved life once they were expelled from their country of nativity. Schooled from birth in the ethos of resentment and hatred, they coalesced into wandering bands, and the ferment continued. They never developed any sense of unity, warring and raiding each other, and when the Jewish people were granted their own state in the middle of what to all objective observers agreed was a wasteland, only then was their resentment and hatred focused upon one objective on which they could agree.
Unlike these fractious wanderers, the Jewish people, given what was a virtually blank slate on which to draw their destiny, began to build, from practically nothing, the infrastructure of a modern state, and first made the desert bloom, and applying ingenuity gained from being in contact with more advanced societies, used the accumulated experience to formulate their version of a democratic society. They faltered at first, attempting to build a “perfect” socialist state, but its objectives were found to be unworkable in the real world, so they evolved into a sort of pro-capitalist state, one that maintained a strong defense against outsiders that had no wish for the success of independent Jews. To this end, they had considerable assistance from most Western countries, in terms of alliances and financial support, and became what was essentially a small version of what the territory once known as “the United States of America”.
So attractive, that other, non-Jewish populations began to form within the territory claimed for Israel, where they were much better treated than among the neighboring disorganized and uncivilized regions, and today Israel has a sizable number of Muslims within their borders. These mostly integrated Muslims have no wish to rejoin their one-time brethren beyond the Israeli borders, as they do not wish to have to live that tormented life.
From time to time, Israel has been called upon to relent and “give back” the territories they so painfully won in the series of wars they had with Arabic and other Muslims in 1967 and afterwards. But in those instances where the land had been surrendered up, mostly at the behest of the UN and neighboring Muslim countries, the infrastructure that had been left behind was quickly dismantled and soon looked like a war zone (which it often was). Where the deserts had bloomed, was again desolation and wastelands. The “Palestinians” who occupied this territory were no better off than they were before.
Give them D.C., in fact, make them keep all of the politicians. Mass head cutting must be an option open to them. Build a wall.
There is already a Palestinian state, it is called Jordan.
Nailed it.
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How A Two State Solution Fulfills End Times Bible Prophecy
It Is God’s Land, and It Will Not Be Divided
“Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.” Psalm 121:4
Whose land? Everywhere in the news today we read about the coming ‘two-state’ solution for peace in the Middle East. It is something that the Obama administration is pushing as hard as they possibly can, and even some Jews are for the idea. In case you have been vacationing on Mars and don’t know what the two-state solution is, it goes a litte something like this.
Israel and Stuff
The Muslim Dome of thr Rock mosque sits atop the holiest place in Israel, the Temple Mount.
The Two-State Solution
Here is the theory - The Arabs who occupy Gaza, and call themselves the ‘Palestinians’, would be nice to the Jews if they had their own state - Palestine. So, again in theory, all the Jews would have to do to make peace is to create a state called Palestine, and let the Muslims in Gaza be free. Right? Wrong. There are a number of things wrong with this idea, not the least of which is that fact that written into the charter of the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization, a terrorist group), is this gem from article 22 of the official PLO charter....(excerpt)
Great Article-great post! The media and the world will never be this honest. They never have been. That is why the first time that I visited the UNRWA Refugee Camp in 1980 was a wretched filthy squalor. I revisited last year at the same camp, exactly at the same place, and it was exactly the same—except the little tykes that I saw in 1980 are now the adults with their own little tykes. Hmmm. this is after 50 Billion dollars (or Euros) have been given to the Palestinians?
The Palestinian state has existed since the British created it for that purpose. It is called Jordan. It is less than half Bedouin and more than half Palestinian right now, though the Bedouins rule. A population of just over 8 million, 35,000 square miles of territory, about the same size as Indiana or Maine.
The British carved just a little piece of Palestine to be the Jewish homeland. But even that was too much for the Muslims, who immediately invaded to try and exterminate the Jews.
Then, and since, whenever the Muslims try to do so again and again, the Jews win.
It should also be noted that most of the land in Israel was not owned by the Palestinians at the time. It was owned by Lebanese landholders, who leased it to the Paleos. And though the land was now theirs, the Jews purchased it from these landholders so they would have free and clear title.
This made the Paleos “former tenants” and “squatters”, but at no time did they own the land.
So yes, the Paleos do have a “right of return”. To return to their designated homeland of Jordan.
