AD 135: Jews are expelled from "Palestine", the very name given to
Judea by Rome.
Quoted from:
"Political Dictionary of the Middle East", by Avraham Sela
Here's what I don't understand about the "whole issue"....
"The Arab world has certainly demonstrated great skill in the "myth" of imagination. They have done such a good job that they have convinced
much of the world that their "myths" are facts. Perhaps their biggest myth is the myth of Palestine. The Arab world would have us believe that the
Palestinians have been in "Palestine" from "time immemorial" but were displaced by the Jews when Israel became a state in 1948. But what are the
facts?
While we are not certain of the exact dates, Joshua conquered the Land God promised the Jews in the 13th century BCE. King David established
Jerusalem as the capital of Israel around 1000 BCE. King Solomon built the Jewish Temple about 960 BCE. This was almost 1000 years before the
beginning of Christianity and 1600 years before the rise of Islam. As Prime Minister Barak has noted, "When Jesus came to Jerusalem to celebrate the
feasts, he didn't come to a church or a mosque, he came to the Temple." It is not the Church Mount or the Mosque Mount that is fought over, it is
the Temple Mount. It was the Temple Mount centuries before Christianity tried to make it the Church Mount and Islam tried to make it the Mosque
Mount.
However, not to be confused with facts, in a personal audience I had several years ago with the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, who was appointed by
Arafat, he boldly declared that the Arabs had been living in the Land for 10,000 years. Based on conservative Bible chronology, that means the Arabs
have been living in the Land before the Almighty created Adam and Eve.
How did Israel become Palestine and who are the Palestinians? The second Jewish war with the Romans took place in 132-135 CE. Led by Rabbi Akiva
and Simon bar Kochba, the Jewish uprising was crushed by the Roman Emperor Hadrian who sought to de-Judaize Jerusalem and make it a pagan city.
Hadrian renamed Jerusalem "Aelia Capitolina" in honor of Jupiter. He changed the name of Judea and gave it the name of the Jews ancient enemy, the
Philistines. He called it -- Palestine.
Over time, Palestine was ruled by the Roman Byzantines (312-637) [Persian interrupt 614-629], Omayyad Arabs (638-750), Islamic Abbassid's
(750-1099), Crusaders (1099-1291) [Saladin the Kurd interrupt 1187-93], Mamluks (1291-1516), Ottoman Turks (1517-1917), and the British Mandate
(1917-1948). None of these rulers established a sovereign state in the Land and Jerusalem was never the capital of any empire since the time of King
David. Palestine was a forgotten desolate, wasteland, but historical records show there was always a Jewish presence in the
Land........"Palestinians" have never been a distinct people, they have never had a sovereign land called Palestine, Jerusalem has never been
their capital, there is no Palestinian language or culture, and there is no Palestinian people. It is a myth created after the Jews liberated
Jerusalem in 1967."
From:
"Middle East Myths: The Myth of Palestine"
Link:
www.rbooker.com...
And
WHY was there never any mention of a "Palestinian state".....not under:
1) The Romans
2) The Crusaders
3) The Turks
4) The Arab Kingdom of Jordan
5) Then with the English and Jews immagrating back do we start hearing this then it finally hit full force with: #6...
6) not until the establishment of Israel has there been the cry for a "Palestinian state"
Truth beknown, the Palestinian are not Palestinians at all. They are Arabs, and a very good percentage should be Jordanians, technically.......
Israel will continue to recieve support from the US and other beknown countries
despite what anyone thinks, feels, or says.....including
Colonel.
I would suggest that this issue of Israel, Palestine, and the Arab world, in it's relation to this matter, be brought up as a research project(s).
Colonel quotes a site and again thinks and then calls it "gospel truth and fact"........when in truth, their is more to this whole issue then what
that 'mere' site had to baisly give.
regards
seekerof
[Edited on 28-10-2003 by Seekerof]