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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
There Is No Such Thing As 'Palestinians'
2023-10-15
Some historical review - stuff we all know.
Now, the interesting part:

[PJMedia] ...And now comes the seed that leads to the current support from the left of "Palestine." In the early 1960s, the Arab coalition was not only physically losing wars, but was considered bullies of Israel in worldwide media. They were the Goliath that kept losing to David. So they hired the public relations firm of Dudley-Anderson-Yutzy in New York (founded in 1909, no longer in business) to change their image in the world. George Anderson told them they needed a "victim," a group that would be perceived as smaller and even more abused than the Israelis, and the Palestinian cause was born.

At Anderson’s advice, the Palestinian Liberation Organization was established on May 28, 1964. This is the start date of the "Palestinian cause": 1964. After the 1967 war, when Israel kept Gaza, the Sinai, the Golan Heights, and the West Bank, the concept of the Palestinians as victims became more popular.
Note that before Six-Day War, neither Egypt in Gaza, nor Jordan on the West Bank, made any attempts to establish Palestinian state.
While ultimately Egypt made a land-for-peace deal with Israel and has kept that peace, the other nations refused to do the same. "Palestine" has always, and continues today, to define itself as "from the River" (Jordan) to the Sea (Mediterranean) and refuses to accept the State of Israel as a neighbor. The Arab schoolbooks in Gaza, the West Bank, and many Arab nations do not even include Israel in their maps as taught to children in 2023.

As for Gaza? In 2005, the Israelis, in their eternal quest for peace, gave self-governance to the people of Gaza. In 2007, the people of Gaza elected Hamas as their leadership by over 90%, and they have reelected and kept Hamas in power for these 16 years. Please do not cry for a distinction between the citizens of Gaza and Hamas, for Hamas was and has been elected by the people of Gaza for almost two decades.

"But," says the leftist that wants to destroy Israel, "the people of the region consider themselves Palestinian, and we need to act according to their self-identification based on the last few decades." So when confronted by the history that "Palestine" and "Palestinians" are made up, the response is that self-identification is the real determiner. This is beyond absurd, as we can see with a simple analogy.

We are currently being confronted with a media, supported by the same Marxist agenda, that claims that if a man self-identifies as a woman, he should be treated as a woman in all ways. Anyone with common sense realizes this is ridiculous. But as this agenda continues unchecked, more and more people are concerned about this craziness that is becoming commonly accepted.

A pig can call itself a chicken all day, but it is still a pig. Drag queens can call themselves women, but they are not. And an Arab born in Gaza is an Israeli or Gazan but not a Palestinian, no matter what the media has been pouring down our throats for decades. It is cultural suicide to allow self-identification to control the actions of the culture: be it drag queens calling themselves women or accepting "Palestine" as a historical reality.
Posted by:Grom the Reflective

#4  Yeah, well, there's no such thing as a man with a uterus either, but here we are!
Posted by: Anomalous Sources   2023-10-15 19:42  

#3  This is the start date of the "Palestinian cause": 1964.

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Gee, a global phenomena.
Almost like it was planned.
Wonder if it will turn out like they wanted it?
Guess they could just open the borders and let the malcontents cluster.
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-10-15 09:46  

#2  I know that there's going to be less of them in the near future.
Posted by: ed in texas   2023-10-15 09:03  

#1  There's no such things as most any of the points on the rainbow alphabet compass, but the left is intent on tearing society apart with celebrations and worship of them. This is just a precursor of that.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-10-15 07:28  

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