WHO ARE THE PALESTINIANS? By Yashiko Sagamori. November 25, 2002 If you are so sure that Palestine, the country, goes back through most of recorded history, I expect you to be able to answer a few basic questions about that country of Palestine: 1. When was it founded and by whom? 2. What were its borders? 3. What was its capital? 4. What were its major cities? 5. What constituted the basis of its economy? 6. What was its form of government? 7. Can you name at least one Palestinian leader before Arafat? 8. Was Palestine ever recognized by a country whose existence, at that time or now, leaves no room for interpretation? 9. What was the language of the country of Palestine? 10. What was the prevalent religion of the country of Palestine? 11. What was the name of its currency? Choose any date in history and try and find the approximate exchange rate of the Palestinian monetary unit against the US dollar, German mark, British pound, Japanese yen, or Chinese yuan on that date. 12. Have the Palestinians left any artifacts behind? 13. Do you know of a library where one could find a work of Palestinian literature produced before 1967? 14. And, finally, since there is no such country today, what caused its demise and when did it occur? If you are lamenting the low sinking of a once proud nation, then please tell me, when exactly was that nation proud and what was it so proud of? And here is the least sarcastic question of all: If the people you mistakenly call Palestinians are anything but generic Arabs collected from all over or thrown out of the Arab world, if they really have a genuine ethnic identity that gives them right for self-determination, why did they never try to become independent until Arabs suffered their devastating defeat by Israel in the 1967 Six Day War? I hope you avoid the temptation to trace the modern day Palestinians to the Biblical Philistines: substituting etymology for history wont work here. The truth should be obvious to everyone who wants to know it. Arab countries have never abandoned the dream of destroying Israel; they still cherish it today. Having time and again failed to achieve their evil goal through military means, they decided to fight Israel by proxy. For that purpose, they created a terrorist organization, cynically called it the Palestinian people and installed it in Gaza, Judea, and Samaria. How else can you explain the refusal by Jordan and Egypt to unconditionally accept back the West Bank and Gaza, respectively, in the aftermath of the 1967 war? The fact is, Arabs populating Gaza, Judea, and Samaria have much less of a claim to nationhood than the American Indian tribe that successfully emerged in Connecticut with the purpose of starting a tax-exempt casino: at least that tribe had a constructive goal that motivated them. The so-called Palestinians have only one motivation: the destruction of Israel. In my book that is not sufficient to consider them a nation or anything else except what they really are: a terrorist organization that will one day be dismantled. In fact, there is only one way to achieve piece in the Middle East. Arab countries must acknowledge and accept their defeat in their war against Israel and, as the losing side, should pay Israel reparations for the more than 50 years of devastation they have visited upon it. The most appropriate form of such reparations would be the removal of their terrorist organization from the land of Israel and acceptance of Israels ancient sovereignty over Gaza, Judea, and Samaria. That will mark the end of the Palestinian people. What are you saying again was its beginning? Yashiko Sagamori is a New York-based Information Technology consultant
Thank you for bringing this... I read that a few years back and now I will have the opportunity to save Yashiko Sagamori's piece... this is an educational questionnaire that proves beyond the shadow of a doubt, that these "squatters/Palestinians have no leg to stand on and also proves that the nomenclature <Palestinian> was opted for in 1964 by Mr. Arafat.
The Palestinian people (Levantine Arabic: الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha‘b al-Filasṭīnī, also referred to as Palestinians (Levantine Arabic: الفلسطينيون, al-Filasṭīniyyūn, Look they're even recognised in HEBREW הפלסטינים‎, Hebrew: הפלסטינים‎, are the modern descendants of the peoples who have lived in Palestine over the centuries, and who today are largely culturally and linguistically Arab due to Arabization of the region. Somewhat similar to the Anglolization of Irish/Welsh/Scots/ Americans/Canadians and F-Fks Sake the major part of the ENGLISH speaking world. Palestinians are NOT Egyptians/Moroccan/Iraqis ?Yemenis etc. they are the people (Irrespective of religion ) who inhabited the land of Palestine before the influx of Zionist AshkeNazi European Jews - Transplanted to solve Europe's "Jewish problem" . ..
they should not have been there in the first place for this was called also. arad ibna'a ihal aslyin = the land of the original owners (the jews).
Nah - There was no such thing as Jews , at that time . the original inhabitants /owners were Canaanites. The Jews have always been thieves If one accept bible records the Hebrew slaves stole gold from the Egyptians in the so-called "Exodus " how else would slaves have had enough gold to caste a "Golden Calf " ? while a certain "Moses " was talking to a burning bush | ? LOL . OMG what a load of BS. - LOL Jewish "history " is filled wit dreck. .. ......
Only towards the $hitbags. Nevertheless - I Wish you + yours -good health - good fortune + a Happy New Year. Oy Vey ! + G'nite ...
Post a reply to the thread: Who are the "Palestinians" ? et al, The PLO defines who a Palestinian is; with the concurrence of the Arab League. (OBSERVATION) Seventh Arab League Summit Conference Resolution on Palestine Rabat, Morocco 28 october 1974 (COMMENT) Essentially, they can call themselves anything they want. The territory of Palestine was named and defined by borders at the discretion of the Allied Powers at the time of the Treaty. Whatever they call themselves, they are as a people, defined by their demonstrated actions of discourse and conflict. Most Respectfully, R
