The Arabic form of the name is Palestine.Palestinian Arabs were never selfgoverning. To add insult to injury, they gave Judea the name of Israel’s ancient enemy, the Philistines. Israel did not usurp a nation known as “Palestine.” When the Romans conquered Judea and destroyed Jerusalem in 70 A.D., they drove out the Jewish people. They are no more distinct as a people from other Arabs in the Middle East than are residents of the state of Wisconsin distinct from residents of Iowa. Palestinians are Arabs living in a region formerly known as Judea. They have no distinguishing cultural identity setting them apart from other Arabs, and there is no distinctly Palestinian language. Palestinian Arabs are not a separate people group. It’s not about dispossession of a Palestinian people Under Hamas’ rule, Gaza has deteriorated substantially since the 2005 agreement, while its government invests resources to build up arms for attacking Israel rather than improving the quality of life for its citizens.
Even when Israel relinquished the Gaza Strip to be ruled by the Palestinian Authority in exchange for peace, the promised peace never materialized. (That’s two-tenths of one percent! Clearly, that tiny sliver of land that is Israel is not a significant amount of real estate. Israel comprises 0.2 percent of the Middle East’s land mass. The creation of the State of Israel in 1948 didn’t take a significant amount of land from Middle Eastern Arabs.
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