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To: HankReardon
It is all Israel. There is and never was a nation named Palestine. Correct me if I'm wrong, I'd want to know.

You're partly wrong. There was a nation for the arabs living in Palestine, but no, it wasn't called Palestine. It was carved out of what was slated to be Israel. It is called Jordan. They took the land set aside for the Jews (who at the time were called Palestinians) and at the last minute gave the lions share to the arabs living in Palestine.
36 posted on 11/23/2003 10:03:13 AM PST by gitmo (Stability cannot be purchased at the expense of liberty. -GWB)
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To: gitmo
I don't want to be wrong. Your reply did not change my thinking that there never was a sovereign nation named Palestine In '67, Egypt blocked Israel's main seaport, Israel stated beforehand this would be considered an act of war. The West Bank of Jordan, the Golan Heights of Syria and the Gaza Strip of Egypt became Israel after these aggressor nations were defeated. Arabs living in these areas left beforehand anticipating to return after the Arab victory. Their hope for Jewish eradication did not quite work out. But where is the nation Palestine? It does not exist. Many Arabs living in Israel came from other nations to benefit from the Israeli economy. The terrorist leader Yasser Arafat himself was born in Egypt in 1937.
42 posted on 11/23/2003 3:16:35 PM PST by HankReardon
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