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Originally Posted by Envitro
I'm not questioning whether you identify as being Palestinian. I'm merely saying that when people say the word Palestinian they usually don't understand that not everyone in Israeli controlled territories is Palestinian. There was a state created in 1922 called Transjordan whose sole purpose was to rule over modern-day Jordan and Palestine/Israel (and to take into account Jewish settlements). Then in 1945 Jordan was recognized as a kingdom and in 1950 (after the civil/Independence War) they annexed the West Bank and East Jerusalem which was condemned by the Arab Leagues.
I'm sure that over the past 70 years a unique culture and dialect has developed, but before that there is no proof that I'm aware of that Palestinians as a people have been distinctly identified as anything other than Arabs living in that area. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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You're wrong. Every Arab inside Israeli controlled territories is Palestinian. Some outside are Palestinian as well. The Population of Palestinians inside Jordan is almost 2 million. If they were the same as Jordanians, they wouldn't be identified as a distinct nationality within Jordan. I have never been to Palestine (Israel, West Bank, Gaza), yet I have a distinct accent that's different than my Lebanese, Egyptian or Syrian friends. Clearly I developed that accent from living in Canada, but my other Arab friends didn't pick that up right? My mom makes dishes that none of my other Arab friends make, yet all my Palestinian friends know. Recently I met a girl that identified herself as Jordanian, but one look at her and I flat out called her out on it within 2 minutes of meeting her. She's Palestinian with a Jordanian citizenship.
What I'm getting at is you can't develop a unique culture or identity within 70 years. It just doesn't happen. This is one of those pieces of Zionist propaganda that pisses me off to no end. The Arabs have been there for millenia and before there were Arabs, those same people identified themselves as something else. They were all "Arabized" and converted into Islam when the Muslim armies came that way. Who were the crusaders fighting over a millenium ago? It sure wasn't Jews. Sure, everyone in the region is similar, but we are definitely different enough to be distinct.