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Originally Posted by _Q_
Do you also realize that palestinians aren't from saudi arabia?
To think all 300 million arabs from morocco to Oman all originated from a couple of tribes in Medina.
This is as silly as thinking all Hispanic people originated from Spain, or the quebecois homeland is paris.
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I don't get this argument. Do you claim, that Palestinian Arabs are original peoples of Palestine? If so, this is historically wrong. It was, to simplify it, like this:
1. Jews were the first people in the land, along with some other nations, but Arabs were not among them. And Jerusalem was the capital of Jewish kingdom.
2. Romans conquered the land, creating a Jewish province of Judea.
3. Jews revolted, got massacred and expelled. Judea was renamed to Palestine. The word "Palestine" itself is hebrew, by the way. The land has become populated mostly with Romans, Greeks and some other local tribes, but Arabs were not among them.
4. Roman empire split in two. Byzantine (Eastern Roman Empire) now controls it. At that point Islam didn't even exit, but is soon to be born.
5. Arab Muslim caliphat conquers the middle east, including Palestine, but does not destroy Byzantine.
6. Ottomans destroy Byzantine and conquer many of their lands, including Palestine.
7. Britain defeats ottomans on WW1 and territory becomes mandatory Palestine.
8. Britain, being the owner of the land, splits it between Arabs and Jews. Modern Israel is created.
9. Arab countries declare war on Israel on the very next day, but Israel defeats them and actually gets more land, than was originally designated by Britain.
10. Arab countries keep trying to destroy Israel, but gradually realize, that peace is the better way.