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Even the founding figures of the Palestinian nationalist movement didn’t pretend otherwise. Aforementioned Ahmad Shukeiry, the first chairman of the PLO—before suddenly “discovering” a Palestinian identity in the 1960s—openly declared in 1956 that the land was “Southern Syria.” His statement reflects the reality that, prior to the Arab world’s failed attempt to destroy Israel in 1948, there was no serious movement calling for a separate “Palestinian” state or identity.
Even the founding figures of the Palestinian nationalist movement didn’t pretend otherwise. Aforementioned Ahmad Shukeiry, the first chairman of the PLO—before suddenly “discovering” a Palestinian identity in the 1960s—openly declared in 1956 that the land was “Southern Syria.” His statement reflects the reality that, prior to the Arab world’s failed attempt to destroy Israel in 1948, there was no serious movement calling for a separate “Palestinian” state or identity.
Early on, their first leader, [[Grand Mufti of Jerusalem]] (infamous now as Hitler's mufti), initially viewed Palestine as part of a larger Pan-Arab federation, envisioning it as a southern province within a Greater Syria centered in Damascus. His early nationalist efforts focused on this concept of a unified Arab state encompassing the Levant, including what would become Palestine, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon.
This sudden shift was never about national liberation. It was—and remains—a political tool, designed not to build a future for Arabs in the region, but to deny the Jewish people their rightful, historic, and legal homeland. In stark contrast, the Jewish people are the only group with an unbroken, 3,000-year connection to the Land of Israel—religiously, culturally, and historically.
This sudden shift was never about national liberation. It was—and remains—a political tool, designed not to build a future for Arabs in the region, but to deny the Jewish people their rightful, historic, and legal homeland. In stark contrast, the Jewish people are the only group with an unbroken, 3,000-year connection to the Land of Israel—religiously, culturally, and historically.