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Map of the Holy Land Divided into the XII Tribes of Israel, by Emanuel Bowen, PUBLISHED 1752.

Palestine (from Latin: Palaestina; פלשתינה Palestina; Arabic: فلسطين‎ Filastīn, Falastīn) is a name sometimes given to part of the land that generally comprises the Holy Land, known as the in the Old Testament Promised Land given to the Israelites / Jews in that part of the Bible. Though historically Jews did reside there, it is not directly associated with the Jewish promise, as it is a geopolitical designation more than a religious one. Palestine was a later name for the province of Judea in the Roman Empire, who ruled the Jewish people at that time.[1] The Romans also renamed Jerusalem to Aelia Capitolina.

After the Romans renamed Israel as Syria Palestina in 132-135 AD, Palestine is one of many names for the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the River Jordan. Many different definitions of the region have been in usage in the past three thousand years. It was never an Arab state, and much of its history has been falsified by the "Palestinian" movement and its sympathizers in order to create a new identity to give the Arab nations a new weapon to use to fight against the nation of Israel.

Ancient

Main Article: History of Israel

The Hebrew scriptures call the region Canaan when referring to the pre-Israelite period,(Hebrew: כּנען‎) and afterwards Israel (Yisrael). The name "Land of the Hebrews" (Hebrew: ארץ העברים‎, Eretz Ha-Ivrim) is also found. The wide area appears to be the habitat of the ancient ethnic Hebrews, though perhaps shared with other ethnic groups. The land of Canaan is part of the land given to the descendants of Abraham, which extends from the Nile to the Euphrates River (Genesis 15:18). Already in Genesis 12:6 and 7 we can read: And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land. This land is said to include an area called Aram Naharaim, which includes Haran in modern Turkey.

In the Koran, the term الأرض المقدسة ("Holy Land", Al-Ard Al-Muqaddasah) is mentioned at least seven times, once which claims Moses proclaims to the Children of Israel: "O my people! Enter the holy land which Allah hath assigned unto you, and turn not back ignominiously, for then will ye be overthrown, to your own ruin." (Surah 5:21). But never is the term "Palestine" mentioned.[2] In addition, it actually also mentioned that it was given to the Jews.[3]

Originally inhabited by a loose bonding of Canaanite tribes, the Israelites settled into the area after the Exodus from Egypt and were partially successful in driving out the Canannites and making it their home. Migrations from the "Peoples of the Sea" led to a strong Phillistine presence on the coastline, but they were generally subdued by King David and Solomon during the height of ancient Israel. The kingdom was subsequently divided into the Northern Kingdom and Judea upon the death of Solomon. The Northern Kingdom, and the remnants of the Philistine kingdoms, were conquered by the Assyrians in the late 8th century B.C. and the kingdom of Judea fell under Babylonian control in the late 7th century and lost their independence completely in 586 B.C. with the fall of Jerusalem, their capital. The Jews were allowed to return under the Persian Empire and the entire area was conquered by Alexander the Great around 330 B.C. When his empire broke apart at his death and consolidated into four different regions, it was the Ptolemies centered in Egypt who controlled the region for the better part of the next two centuries, but conquest by the Seleucids led to a harsh religious persecution on the Jews in the region. The Jews revolted and had their independence for almost 100 years before a civil war courted Roman intervention and the area came under Roman control and eventually became the province of Palestine. Byzantine rule was forcefully removed by the great Islamic waves of the 7th century A.D. Portions of Palestine were reclaimed under Crusader control from the late 11th century until the mid 13th century under the Catholic Kingdom of Jerusalem, but the overall region was under Islamic control for over 1000 years. Worth mentioning that the Philistines who at one time lived in part of the area were completely conquered by King David.

There is no linkage to ancient inhabitants among the current Arabs.

In the mid-1200s, Mamelukes, originally soldier-slaves of the Arabs based in Egypt, established an empire that in time included the area of Palestine. Arab-speaking Muslims made up most of the population of the area once called Palestine. Beginning in the late 1300s, Jews from Spain and other Mediterranean lands settled in Jerusalem and other parts of the land. The Ottoman Empire defeated the Mamelukes in 1517, and Palestine became part of the Ottoman Empire. The Turkish Sultan invited Jews fleeing the Spanish Catholic inquisition to settle in the Turkish empire, including several cities in Palestine.[4]

Modern History

The breakup of the Ottoman Empire after their defeat in World War I saw the region come under the control of Great Britain. While there was always a Jewish remnant who never left, Jewish re-emigration to the area increased under the tolerant eyes of the British. This increased after the atrocities of World War II and the areas were given their independence with Palestine being divided into separate Jewish and Arab nations, the Jewish nation being called Israel and the Arab Palestine.

"Six Day War" Territories.

A war broke out in which the Jews expanded their borders and the self-claimed Arab nation of "Palestine" was absorbed by Jordan. Hostility between the Arabs and Jews continued and in 1967 Israel conquered the West Bank from Jordan, taking the bulk of the Jewish land that had been the "Palestinian state". UN resolution 242 called for the Israeli removal from that land, but it did not occur. Attempts to hold Israel accountable were vetoed in the Security Council by the United States. Although the land was part of Jordan, Jordan relinquished its rights in the 1980s telling the Israelis to speak with the "Palestinian" Arabs directly. The 1967 Israel borders have no popular support among ordinary "Palestinian" residents. What most people call the 1967 Israel borders is really a cease-fire line (armistice) dating back to 1949; this armistice agreement was never a permanent treaty between Israel and any Arab country.[5]

In 1988, the Kingdom of Jordan renounced all claims to the territory known as Judea and Samaria within Israel, and "The West Bank" to the rest of the world.[6] In 1994 Jordan made that renunciation permanent. It negotiated a permanent treaty of peace with Israel. That treaty set the boundary along the Jordan and Yarmouk Rivers, through the Dead Sea, then southwest along the Emek Ha’arava (or Wadi Araba in Arabic) line to the Gulf of Aqaba.[7] For that reason, the Judea-Samaria region is not an occupied territory at all as anti-Semitic liberals claim it to be, but a territory under military administration, the civilian population of which (with key exceptions) have leaders desiring secession and independence.

Today's "Palestinian" Arabs are descendants of late 19th century and early 20th century Arab immigrants from surrounding nations such as Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq and Sudan.[8][9][10]

East of Gaza City, 18.07.2014

The "Palestinian" Intifada from the late 1980s tried to regain Arab control of the West Bank region of Israel. While first clamping down harshly, Israel did sign an accord to grant the "Palestinian" Arabs autonomy in the West Band and the Gaza Strip, but not full independence. The borders of a future "Palestinian" state has been a stumbling block to a final solution with the Arabs wanting to control all of the area captured in the 1967 War and Israel claiming part of the land for the Jewish people. A continuing series of violent actions on the part of the "Palestinian" Arabs and an inability to find a comprise has prevented any type of permanent solution. The short term solution is bleak. With Hamas, a terrorist entity that does not even recognize Israel's right to exist in its own land (it seeks ethnic cleansing of all Jews in the area and create a radical oppressive Islamic state) having the majority of the control in the "Palestinian" legislature, its head in Damascus, Osama Hamdan, supports Ahmadinejad's genocidal call to "wipe off Israel off the map" [11] and Hamas Cleric Muhsen Abu 'Ita said: "The Annihilation of the Jews in Palestine is One of The Most Splendid Blessings for Palestine".[12]

The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) is an autonomous national entity comprising the territories of Gaza (formerly under Egyptian sovereignty) and West Bank (formerly under Jordan sovereignty), which were occupied by the Israeli Defense Forces in Jun 1967. As provided by the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles signed on 13 Sep 1993 and upon the Agreement signed on 4 May 1994, the PNA was inaugurated on 5 Jul 1994 as a transitional status including "Palestinian" interim self-governing and a phased transfer of powers and territories (towns and areas of the West Bank). Negotiations on the permanent status, which could end in a "Palestinian State", are under way. Headquarters: Ramallah, Chairmen of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO): Mahmoud Ridha Abbas[13]

Christians

Maronite Catholics in the West Bank on Good Friday of 2012.
Greek Orthodox Christians in the Gaza Strip.
Maronite Catholic Church in Gaza which has direct line with the Pope.

While Arab-Palestinians are overwhelmingly Muslim and grandchildren of Arab immigrants, there are also between 3 (in Gaza) - 9 (in West Bank) percent who are Christians. An estimated 50,000 Christian Palestinians live in the West Bank and Jerusalem, according to the U.S. State Department’s international religious freedom report for 2022. Approximately 1,300 Christians lived in Gaza. Many Palestinian Christians live in diaspora communities.[14] Pope Francis affirmed in 2024 that he calls the "church in Gaza every day".[15][16]

500,000 Palestinians are Christians around the world, they form and estimated 6-7% of the global Palestinian population. 48% are Greek Orthodox, 38% Catholic and 4% are Evangelicals and Protestants. "The Palestinian Christian presence in Jerusalem is under threat due to institutionalised discrimination, attacks by radical Israeli groups, and systematic attempts by settler organisations to take over church property in the Old City". According to International Christian Concern: "In Israel, both Jewish (Messianic) and Arab Christians experience pressures for their faith from radical Jewish groups and can sometimes be treated as second-class citizens in the Jewish state".[17]

The Times of Israel explains on the topic: "The picture of safe coexistence painted by Israeli officials is starkly at odds with the experiences Jerusalem’s Christian leaders themselves describe. While they readily acknowledge that there is no organized or governmental effort against them, Christian clergy in the Old City tell of a deteriorating atmosphere of harassment, apathy from authorities, and a growing fear that incidents of spitting and vandalism could turn into something far darker".[18]

Christian Dr. Walid Phares (vilified by Islamists and leftists who are duped by them [19] "Walid Phares was born in 1957 to a Maronite Christian family in Beirut. By ‎the time Phares was in his 20s, Lebanon, which has always been more of a ‎mosaic of various religions and communities than a unified nation, had ‎plunged into a bloody civil war. Naturally, Phares supported his own Lebanese ‎Maronite Christian community’s efforts to defend itself in this brutal, ‎existential struggle against Syrian occupation on the one hand and Palestinian and Lebanese Sunni and Shiite terror on the other.‎"[20]) :[21] "The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians has, on the Palestinian side, moved from largely nationalist to largely Islamist rhetoric giving the conflict a religious caste that makes it even more intractable. if persecution continues to drive out Christians from the Middle East (where they were a quarter of the population a century ago) then conflict will be largely Israeli/Jew vs Arab/Muslim with no intermediates."

Not that under Palestinian Authority the situation is any good, but Hamas is worse. 'Hamas terror organization charter targets Christians and US service organizations.'[22]

A number of Christians are indigenous to "Palestine", and many of these are descended from the first Christians- the first Jews who chose to follow Christ and recognize him as the messiah. Also many Arameans, another Semitic group native to the area, accepted Christ very early on in the history of Christianity, and thus contribute a lot to the genetics of today's Christians in the Palestinian Authority, later joined over thousand years later by surviving European crusaders and their families after their defeat at the hands of the Islamic armies,[23] when they blended into the native, Semitic Christian population.

The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

There are Catholic and Orthodox Churches in the West Bank and Gaza. The Iraqi-born, Assyrian Australian prelate, Mar Mari Emmanuel, visited Gaza once.[24]

Many of the Christians have taken on "Palestinian" nationalism promoted by the nearby Arab states, regardless of the fact that "Palestinian" nationalism is heavily rooted in both Islamism and pan-Arabism, which reject human rights for Christians or recognition of the distinct non-Arab Semitic ethnicities, mainly Aramean or Jewish, to which most of them belong, mainly due to taqiyya or propaganda to advance an Islamic cause. Israel-hatred runs very deep for these Christians because of their loyalty to this Arab identity, and many of them even hate Jewish people as a whole regardless of the ethnic, and to a lesser extent, cultural, origins of many of their own. Additionally many of these Christians will take sides with people who express a deep hatred for their fellow Christians around the Middle East.[25] In many cases, the self-declared "Palestinian" government encourages demographic shifts in areas inhabited by minorities[26] (an example of this is the Samaritan Genocide, a result of which only 300 Samaritans remain today in their traditional homeland in Samaria, the southern part of the West Bank) in one village (Kiryat Luza), in which there is an Israeli presence, responsible for protecting them from Arab ethnic cleansing. In Bethlehem, Christians have become a small minority of the population under control of the Palestinian Authority.[27] In Israel, however, ethnic and religious minorities, in villages in which they historically formed the majority, have retained their status as the majority of the population in the vast majority of cases, a trend which shows no indication of changing in the future. Christians in Israel can even form their own political parties.[28]

The Israeli-Arab Conflict is sometimes presented as a clash of civilizations. Arab-Palestinians are supposedly part only of the Muslim civilization, Israel, the state of the Jews, is part of Western, Judeo-Christian civilization. Christians themselves are not presented to be part of the conflict. If they are talked about in a broader Middle Eastern context, mostly in terms of oppression by Muslims. It therefore seems logical that Christians would be presented as allies only of Israel and, together with it, defend their civilization from the Muslims, represented supposedly by the Palestinians. Christians are and have been part of the conflict from the beginning. Palestinians are not only Muslims, Christians are also part of the Palestinian Arab identity of a nation. Important to note Christians' fear of criticizing authorities, as a relative small minority, residing in that non-free society.

'Reporters' say they suppressed Biden's decline because 'right-wing media' WAS reporting it. 'It is a telling admission.' Bob Unruh By Bob Unruh, July 4, 2024. https://www.wnd.com/2024/07/reporters-say-suppressed-bidens-decline-right-wing-media-reporting/ Christy Anastas is a "Palestinian" Christian who speaks about persecution of Christians by the Palestinian Authority,[29] an issue largely ignored by the western liberal media.

Though the Christians in the PA avoid saying so publicly, many of them fear – with good reason – that Muslim aggression against them will only escalate.[30]

The situation of Christians in Bethlehem has deteriorated dramatically in the last century, and especially since the PA took control of the city in 1995. In 1947, Christians comprised about 85% of the city’s population, but that figure had actually plunged to 16% by 2016, and is estimated since then.[30][31]

Christian-Arab author: "Arafat's Islamo-fascist storm troopers have shown nothing but contempt for Christians and their holy sites."[32]

2019 report cited "Islamic oppression" as the main source of persecution at Christian small minority of Arab Palestinians.[30]

89% of Christians in Gaza are Greek Orthodox while 9.3% are Catholic and 1.52% belongs to other denominations.[33] Since the 2007 Israel blockade of Gaza, Christians have not being able to visit Holy Sites in Jerusalem and Bethlehem, having the same struggle as other Gaza inhabitants. This has led many to hold extreme positions "which does not differentiate between race and religion", warns a report from the Young Men’s Christian Association.[33]

In Holy Week of 2023, due to Islamic violence, the Israeli police limited the number of worshippers from 8,200 attenders in 2022 to 1,800 in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem during Orthodox Easter ceremonies angering the Church leaders not willing to cooperate - though it was for their protection. In a joint statement, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, the Custody of the Holy Land and the Armenian Patriarchate said: "We shall continue to uphold the Status Quo customs, and the ceremony will be held as customary for two millennia and all who wish to worship with us are invited to attend".[34]

A Church at Ramallah

On October 4, 2023, 5 Orthodox Jews were arrested on the West Bank for spitting at Christians in East Jerusalem.[35] And were condemned by all Rabbinical as well as Israeli government leadership. According to the Times of Israel, Itamar Ben-Gvir justified spitting toward Christians as "an ancient Jewish custom". Rabbis and other Orthodox Jews were incensed by that claim.[36] Neverherless, there have been lies spread as well. Such as by infamous fake news chief Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman - Islamist bigot) who has been spreading invented lies. Including Oct 9, 2023, only after inciting some 800,00 users, he admitted he lied about Church supposedly "bombed."[37] The same liar was the source for Ilhan Omar and AOC into sharing a 2013 photo of Syrian children and claiming they're "Palestinian." Exposed.[38] Then weeks later: Ahmed lied on settlers too as if they attacked Christians, while in fact, the Armenian Patriarchate accuses two developers being behind the attack, against whom they previously filed a lawsuit to cancel a controversial land deal.[39]

Palestinian Christians in Gaza fear for the future of their tiny community from the Muslim population.[40] This sentiment of fear of disappearing grew after the Israel-Gaza War that started in 2023.[41]

In January 2024, on the night between 14-15, an Arab-Palestinian mob caused extensive damage to a Christian holy site in Nablus (Shechem) known as Jacob’s Well, causing concern, as "we know of no arrests that are made in such cases, nor do we see the P.A. placing any guards in those sensitive locations under regular attack."[42]

Christian woman from Bethlehem describes how Palestinian Muslims treat Christians as second-class citizens while subjecting them to torture and brutal oppression for being non-Muslims

Once in a while, brave Christians overcome fears and admit. Such as: 'Christian woman from Bethlehem describes how Palestinian Muslims treat Christians as second-class citizens while subjecting them to torture and brutal oppression for being non-Muslims.'[43]


The mayor of Ramallah Issa Kassis is Christian.[44]The mayor of Ramallah expressed to the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Pierbattista Pizzaballa, his willingness to deepen the collaboration between the municipality of the city and the Church, especially with regard to possible Palestinian Christian cultural projects. Members of the parish council also stressed the importance of this kind of initiatives, recalling their desire to increase the visibility of Christians in the Holy Land, not only locally but also abroad.[45] The mayor of Bethlehem, Hanna Hanania, is also Christian.[46]

But while in Palestinian towns among Muslims, the Christian population only dwindled, (earlier, aproximately more than a half the population of Ramallah was Christian[47]) as "the Christian population is beleaguered due to the intolerance of the majority,"[48] in Israel, Christian population grew.[49]

Islamization

Swastikas Fly As Arabs Mark Muhammad's Birthday

It's important to bear in mind, many Arabs were heavily influenced by the surrounding [dominant] Islamic culture. For example, in 1937, Arab-Christians joined the Arab-Muslims in celebrating, Muhammad's birthday by displaying pictures of Hitler & Mussolini.[50]

Though born into a Christian family, Arab Palestinian Issa Nakhleh was a fan of Islam - his book about Islam advertised on one of his linked neo Nazi groups.

The classic Issa Nakhleh example: born a Christian, a Hitler fan, obsessed to glorify Islam.

Issa Nakhleh [عيسى نخلة] (who, in July 1939 had defended, justified the "Arab propaganda centre in Berlin," Nazi Germany.[51]), Mufti Al Husseini linked, was part of emissaries [teamed with Nazi collaborator Akram Zuaiter] to Latin America in order to invoke, inflame antisemitism among Catholics, sent by Arab League programs which began in 1947.[52] - He glorified the Hitler regime, in the 1950s through his publication in Argentina.[53]

At the time, Nov 1953, he invited Islamist Ahmad Shukeiri for propaganda and fund raising in S. America.[54] (That would be some 8 years before Shukeiri would endorse the Neo-Nazi Tacuara from that country Argentina, at the UN).] - At those years, Nazi-Arab cooperation in South America grew dangerously. One of the most important centers for the publication of pro-Nazi newspapers and antisemitic literature were there in Argentina. But also in many other Latin American countries.[55] - Under his activity in the "Palestinian delegation", its postage meter was used to mail material for neo-Nazi advertising that had previously carried the headline: "Adolf Hitler: the George Washington of Europe."[56] - Long articles by the "delegation" have been reprinted in Common Sense, The Cross and the Flag. The 'Palestine Arab Delegation' also maintained relations with the Neo-Nazi National Renaissance Party.[56] - On December 30, 1963, Nakhleh wrote to infamous fascist "Canadian Fuhrer" Adrien Arcand.[57] -Nakhleh was featured speaker at the March 7, 1969 Arab propaganda meeting, Invitations to the meeting were sent to persons on the mailing lists of prominent neo Nazis, supremacists.[58] - In March 1971, Nakhleh peddled a so-called Jewish supposed "plot" at a meeting.[59] - As head of 'Palestine Arab Delegation,' on Nov 14, 1972 Nakhleh denied the Holocaust, flat out, publicly.[60] In his cruelty also to hurt millions of survivors just 27 years after, he uttered the words "the millions are alive."[61] - He worked with Neo Nazis and revisionists in the 1970s,[62] 1980s[63][64] including as: "Legal Adviser to the World Muslim Conference."[65][66][67] - At a convention of the Federation of Islamic Associations in the United States and Canada Inc. (FIA), on July 29, 1984 in Detroit, Hajji Abdullah Ahmad of Philadelphia distributed literature denying that six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust. Nakhleh delivered a speech in which he praised the anti-Semitic father Charles Coughlin (1891-1979) who worked in the area as well as the anti-Semitic propaganda that Henry Ford distributed there in his book. He praised Farrakhan.[68]

Indeed the Islamization has intensified to this day.[69]

Before 1948

The original flag of Palestine from 1939 was Jewish - Star of David

The original flag of Palestine from 1939 was Jewish - Star of David. The Palestine Post was a Zionist Jewish paper and so on and so forth.

At the Nazi rise in Germany, Jews were told to go to Palestine by Antisemites.

State of Palestine

Main article: State of Palestine
Flag of the State of Palestine.

Currently, the Arab Palestinians living in disputed territories are trying to consolidate the state called "Palestine", there has not been an independent country called "Palestine" before[70][71][72] other than the demonym of the British Mandate of Palestine and the name given to the province during Roman times. The State was established in May 1994 after the Oslo Accords.with the name of Palestinian National Authority, run by the Palestine Liberation Organization, and was renamed to the "State of Palestine" in 2013. It is recognized by 148 of 193 United Nations member states, the Arab League, and the United Nations.

See also: List of States which recognize Palestine as an independent state.

In November 2012, Palestine was granted the status of a non-member observer state by the United Nations General Assembly. This move was applauded by the Holy See[73] which recognized the "State of Palestine" in 2015[74] and supports a two-state solution in the Arab-Israeli conflict.[75]

On April 2024, the Biden regime vetoed the State of Palestine request for full United Nations membership at the Security Council.[76]

Timing and rejection

Though some Israelis are in favor of a Palestine state, the Oct 7 atrocities changed this to be in a small minority.[77] Even those who supported it pre Oct 7, "oppose Palestinian statehood due to security Threats."[78]

The criticism of the three lefti governments of: Spain, Norway, and Ireland is about the timing,[79] [80] and the government of Ireland extremist stand post Oct 7. Notably the strange statement when little Enily Hand was freed.[81] Or the extreme anti Israel statements by a high-ranking Spanish official declaring in a video statement following the country's recognition of Palestine as a state: "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free."[82][79] Ugly was especially the May 30, 2024 stand, at the UN, "Norway, Belgium, Ireland and Slovenia refused to support a proposed Israeli resolution calling for the immediate release of the hostages."[83] (Slovenian liberal 2023/4 government, is probably the most anti-Israel in Europe after Ireland. In Jan/2024, it was the first European govt. to join a 2022 petition against Israel in The Hague.[84] Days later, Iranian Slovenian foreign ministers met in Davos on Jan 17, 2024.[85] It even was extra warm to offer condolences after butcher Raisi died. In contrast, in 2021, the then conservative government of Slovenia was very pro Israel, and supported it strongly during Guardian of walls op.[86]).

Even liberal France's Macron who supports the act said the time isn't ripe, that he is "ready to recognize a Palestinian state if the PA makes reforms."[87]

Australia rejected recognition of a Palestinian state. [88]

So did Denmark Danish parliament rejected proposal to recognize Palestinian state.[89]

"Multiple polls have shown that the majority of Palestinian civilians support Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre and the idea of a Palestinian state in the 1948 borders, meaning the destruction of Israel."[90]

Protesters 2011

Each year, "Palestinians" throughout the region mark the Nakba (or catastrophe) Day with demonstrations; they use the term "nakba" to describe their defeat and displacement in the war that followed Israel's founding on May 15, 1948 when hundreds of thousands of "Palestinians" were uprooted. But never before have marchers descended upon Israel's borders from all directions. The Syrian incursion in May 2011 was especially surprising. The events carried a message for Israel: Even as it wrestles with the "Palestinian" demand for a state in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem — areas Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast war — there is a related problem of neighboring countries that host millions of "Palestinians" with aspirations to return.

International Protesters in the United Kingdom, led by Dave Randall, released a song in May 2011 as support for the "Palestinians".[91] This has brought about huge criticism from Glenn Beck.[92]

Trump Peace Plan (2020)

Main article: Two-state solution
Trump Peace Plan for Israel & Palestine (2020) involving a two-state solution.[93]

In 2020 President Trump proposed a plan involving the establishment of new frontiers between Israel & Palestine and the mutual recognition of the countries.[93]

The January 2020 American peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, sometimes called the Trump plan, is a set of political and economic proposals presented on January 28, 2020 by the President of the United States Donald Trump as the path to peace between Israelis and Palestinians and a basis for negotiations in the peace process.

The plan proposes a fifty billion dollar international effort to enable the development and definitive establishment of the Palestinian state, when the Israelis would retain Jerusalem as their indivisible capital, with the Palestinians establishing theirs on a fraction of East Jerusalem.

The Israelis would keep the Israeli settlements in the West Bank but the Palestinian territory would remain equivalent in size to that of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip before the Six-Day War, through additions of territory from the Negev Desert for purposes economic and residential.

Culture of "Palestine"

"Palestine" is claimed by its supporters to be part of a region of the Middle East known as the Levant and is claimed to have cultural similarities to actual Levantine countries such as Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. The signature dish of the "Palestinians" is musakhan, a chicken dish.[94]

See also

External links

References

  1. http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_early_palestine_name_origin.php
  2. Vikram Sood @Vikram_Sood (Oct 11, 2023):

    The Quran does not mention Palestine even once. Quote: Brother Rachid الأخ رشيد @BrotherRasheed · Oct 10, 2023. Many Muslims do not know that their Quran never mentions Palestine even once, and mentions the name Israel 43 times (Bani Israel, sons of Israel), and clearly says that Allah has ordained the holy land for them! 👇👇👇

    Let’s see how they spin this [1].
  3. Esor Ben-Sorek, Mohammed’s Support of the Jewish Claim to Israel, TOI, May 6, 2017
  4. Israel and Palestine: A Brief History.
  5. 1967 Israel borders have no basis.
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  7. "Treaty of Peace Between the State of Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, October 26, 1994," Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Israel. Retrieved 8 April 2012. Cited in Hurlbut TA, "Settlements in Israel: Legal or Not?" Conservative News and Views, 2 April 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
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  12. http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD208708
  13. Palestinian National Authority.
  14. In Jerusalem, Palestinian Christians observe scaled-down Good Friday rituals. Fox News (March 29, 2024).
  15. Pope Francis: ‘I call the church in Gaza every day’. Middle East Monitor (May 23, 2024).
  16. Pope Francis contacts only Catholic Church in Gaza as carnage continues. Fox News (October 10, 2023).
  17. Hamas and Israel War Leaves Christians in the Crossfire. Persecution.org (10 December, 2023).
  18. As attacks on Christians become more frequent, a crisis looms for Israel. The Times of Israel (March 30, 2023).
  19. Vilifying Walid Phares‎ Sarah Stern, Emetonline, November 22, 2016.
  20. In praise of Professor Walid Phares. By Yair Ravid, The Jerusalem Post, November 8, 2016. "It is unfortunate that a segment of our own academic and media elite has fallen for the games of Iranian and Islamist propagandists."
  21. Symposium: The Muslim Persecution of Christians. By Dr. Walid Phares, October 9, 2003.
  22. Hamas terror organization charter targets Christians and US service organizations. Hamas charter targets civic groups in US heartland. By Eric Shawn. Fox News. November 22, 2023
  23. http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/2045/palestinian-christianity-myth
  24. I WENT TO GAZA STRIP AND THIS IS WHAT I FOUND - theChristianCommunity
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  26. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Christians#Persecutions
  27. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem#Demographics
  28. Israeli Christians Moving in a New Direction.
    Recognizing the only country in the region that protects its Christian minority.

    October 20, 2013 by Joseph Puder. FPM.

  29. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzCAqXrBGtU
  30. 30.0 30.1 30.2 A Christian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank, The Jerusalem Post, Dec 25, 2019.
    In the Gaza Strip, the Christian population has plummeted from about 3,000 a decade ago to an estimated 1,000 today, most of them Greek Orthodox.
    ...

    “Though the Christians in the PA avoid saying so publicly, many of them fear – with good reason – that Muslim aggression against them will only escalate,” wrote Edy Cohen, a researcher at the center. “Such fears are all the stronger in light of the thunderous silence of the Western [and Israeli] media, in the face of the Christian minority’s ongoing disappearance from the PA and Islamic lands in general.”

    He added, pointedly, that “the ongoing international neglect of the plight of the Christians under PA rule can only lead to the vanishing of Christianity from the place where it emerged.”

    In the Gaza Strip, the Christian population has plummeted from about 3,000 a decade ago to an estimated 1,000 today, most of them Greek Orthodox...

    The situation of Christians in Bethlehem has deteriorated dramatically in the last century, and especially since the PA took control of the city in 1995. In 1947, Christians comprised about 85% of the city’s population, but that figure had plunged to 16% by 2016, and is estimated since then.

    Bethlehem’s mayor at the time said that, “Due to the stress – either physical or psychological – and the bad economic situation, many people are emigrating: either Christians or Muslims, but it is more apparent among Christians because they already are a minority.”

    A study by the Pew Research Center found that the decline in the Arab Christian population was both a result of a lower birth rate among Christians compared to Muslims and the fact that Christians were more likely to emigrate than any other religious group. A statistical analysis of the Christian exodus cited a lack of economic and educational opportunities among a community known for its middle-class status and higher education.
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  33. 33.0 33.1 Struggling Christian Minority In Gaza. Greek Reporter (August 11, 2014).
  34. Israel seeks to limit Orthodox Easter celebrations in Jerusalem. Vatican News (April 2023).
  35. 5 arrested for spitting at Christians in Jerusalem; police minister: It’s not criminal. Times of Israel (4 October 2023).
  36. Spitting in God’s eye (JNS). B'nai B'rith International (October 5, 2023).
  37. After inciting 800K views, Sulaiman Ahmed finally admitted (the spreading a false libel) about a church. That 'the church is fine.' (Oct 9, 2023) [4]
  38. Ilhan Omar falsely claims photo is of dead Palestinian kids. By Jesse O’Neill. NYPost, Oct. 16, 2023
  39. Israel War Room @IsraelWarRoom (Dec 29, 2023):

    We can hear them speaking Arabic you liar. Quote Sulaiman Ahmed @ShaykhSulaiman · Dec 28, 2023. ISRAELI SETTLERS ATTACK ...

    Readers added context:

    There is no evidence of Israeli settlers in this attack. The Armenian Patriarchate accuses two developers being behind the attack, against whom they previously filed a lawsuit to cancel a controversial land deal. [5]. The Police could not confirm the accusations.

    [6]
  40. Gaza Christians fear for future of tiny community. Fox News (July 25, 2012).
  41. Holy Land Custos: Fear is growing that Gaza's Christians will disappear. Vatican News (October 10, 2023).
  42. Sveta Listratov, Palestinian attack on Christian holy site raises concern, JNS, January 19, 2024.

    “We know of no arrests that are made in such cases, nor do we see the P.A. placing any guards in those sensitive locations under regular attack.”

    A Palestinian mob caused extensive damage to a Christian holy site in Nablus (Shechem) known as Jacob’s Well on Sunday night.
  43. Liza Rosen @LizaRosen0000 (Jun 15, 2024):

    Watch: Christian woman from Bethlehem describes how Palestinian Muslims treat Christians as second-class citizens while subjecting them to torture and brutal oppression for being non-Muslims. She explains that since the first day they took control of the city, the Palestinian… ..

    [7]
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  50. All Arabs Celebrate pro-phet's Birthday. The New York Times, May 23, 1937.
    Palestine Arabs outdid themselves today in celebrating Mouled el Nebi, the birthday of the .. Mohammed. Never before have there been such elaborate festivities, decorations and processions as throughout the country today…

    Several days prior to the festival all buildings in Arab quarters were elaborately decorated, and pictures of Hitler, Mussolini and Fawzi el Kaoukgi, an Iraqian who came to Palestine during the disturbances last Summer to organize an “Arab revolt” were displayed. The government immediately ordered the removal of Fawzi el Kaoukgi’s picture.

    At Jaffa, the swastika was hoisted by Arabs over several building.
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    Arab Says Hitler Didn't Kill Jews
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    The previous year the conference had been addressed by Mr Issah Nakhleh, who describes himself as "Legal Adviser to the World Muslim Conference"...
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    ... ainsi qu'à l'intervention très significative du président de la Délégation arabe palestinienne aux Nations Unies, également conseiller juridique au Congrès mondial musulman, Issa Nakhleh, auprès du procureur général de Stockholm, Thorsten Jonsson, et demandant à celui - ci par un télégramme officiel la mise en liberté de Ditlieb Felderer.
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  80. Three More Nations Roll Out the Red Carpet to Hamas | Opinion, Newsweek, May 28, 2024. By Aviva Klompas, co-founder of Boundless.
    Spain, Norway, and Ireland then went one step further and announced plans to formally recognize a Palestinian state. That decision came even though two of those nations had seen their citizens murdered or kidnapped by Hamas.
  81. Jacob Magid, Irish PM says relieved Emily Hand has been ‘found’ after she was ‘lost’; is slammed over wording, TOI, 26 Nov 2023
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    “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” a high-ranking Spanish official declared in a video statement following the country's recognition of Palestine as a state. Yolanda Diaz, Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, was heard saying the controversial phrase in a video on X.
  83. [Now 14 @Now14Israel (May 30, 2024):

    It is hard to believe: Norway, Belgium, Ireland and Slovenia refused to support a proposed Israeli resolution calling for the immediate release of the abductees.

    @MaggieTabibi @NatiLang32.
  84. Slovenia joins the petition against Israel in The Hague, which is not the South African petition. Asaf Oni  | Globes | 15.01.24.
  85. Controversy Erupts Over Iran's Davos Invite, Iran Intl., 01/15/2024. And Islamic Republic announced on Jan 18 that Iranian Slovenian foreign ministers met there and the Slovenian govt. said they discussed Gazans..
  86. Shlomo Rizel , The Foreign Minister hosted his Slovenian counterpart: "Slovenia is a true ally and friend.". Radio Kol Chai, Aug 23 2024. -Tovah Lazaroff, Lapid to Slovenia FM: End 9-year freeze of EU-Israel Association Council, JPost, Aug 23 2024.
    “Slovenia has become a trusted friend and a trusted ally,” Lapid told Logar during a joint press conference in Jerusalem marking the signing of a memorandum of understanding on cybersecurity.
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    Parliament voted down the proposal – tabled by the Greens – by 80-5.
  89. Danish parliament rejects proposal to recognize Palestinian state, YNet, May 28, 2024.
    Denmark's parliament on Tuesday voted down a bill to recognize a Palestinian state, after the Danish foreign minister previously said the necessary preconditions for an independent country were lacking. Ireland, Spain and Norway on Tuesday formally recognized a Palestinian state, after their announcement last week that they would do so angered Israel which called the move a "reward for terrorism" and recalled its ambassadors.
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