HISTORY OF (PALESTINE) ISRAEL 101
HISTORY OF PALESTINE ISRAEL 101
***Special opportunity at the end of the post to say 'Thank you' to IDF soldiers***
The Middle East is a mess. I don’t think there’s a person reading this blog who doesn’t understand the mess and the danger that looms over the Middle East. You might be inclined to think I was referring to the mess between Israel and what is commonly called Palestine. NOPE! The Middle East is much bigger than a country whose area is a small 8000 sq. miles. Some of you might not even know what the Middle East looks like. So here you go; a map of the Middle East. Try to find Israel
Israel is the small sliver like peach colored area between Egypt and Syria (might be a bit difficult to see)
Enough boring facts, let’s get to the chase. The whole world is screaming at Israel for occupying Palestine. A treacherous story is told. The Zionists came into Palestine and with great cruelty ran the Palestinians out of their prosperous thousand year old State. If this were true I would probably be a pro Palestine supporter myself! How can one possible sit by and watch a nation that was stripped of their land by intruding forces?! Unfortunately for them and very fortunate for the people of Israel the story of this great land is quite different.
In 539 B.C. the Persians conquered the Babylonians. The Jewish Temple, destroyed by the Babylonians, was rebuilt (516 BC). Under Persian rule the Jewish state enjoyed considerable autonomy. Alexander the Great of Macedon, conquered the area in 333 BC His successors, the Ptolemies and Seleucids, contested for control. The attempt of the Seleucid Antiochus IV (Antiochus Epiphanes) to impose Hellenism brought a Jewish revolt under the Maccabees, who set up a new Jewish state in 142 BC The state lasted until 63 BC, when Pompey conquered the region for Rome
When Jesus was around, the Jewish state was ruled by puppet kings of the Romans, the Herods. When the Jews revolted in 66 AD, the Romans destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem (70 AD). The Bar Kokba revolt between 132 and 135 AD was also suppressed, Jericho and Bethlehem were destroyed, and the Jews were barred from Jerusalem. The Roman Emperor Hadrian determined to wipe out the identity of Israel-Judah-Judea. Therefore, he took the name Palastina and imposed it on all the Land of Israel. At the same time, he changed the name of Jerusalem to Aelia Capitolina. The Romans killed many Jews and sold many more in slavery. Some of those who survived left the devastated country (and established Jewish communities throughout the Middle East) but there was never a complete abandonment of the Land of Israel.
In other words when the Roman empire conquered or occupied the Land of Israel from the JEWS they renamed it Palestine in an attempt to strip the Nation of Israel from their natural right to the land of Israel.
It always makes me laugh that Arabs use the same name as the Romans with the same goal in mind; to try to strip the Jews of their natural right to the Land of Israel!
Let’s fast forward a bit to Islamic times. From 1517-1917 Turkey's Ottoman Empire controlled a vast Arab empire, a portion of which is today Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine. During World War I (1914-1918), Turkey supported Germany.
When Germany was defeated, so were the Turks. In 1916 control of the southern portion of their Ottoman Empire was "mandated" to France and Britain under the Sykes-Picot Agreement, which divided the Arab region into zones of influence. Lebanon and Syria were assigned (mandated) to France... and "Palestine" (today's Jordan, Israel and "West Bank") was mandated to Great Britain.
Because no other peoples had ever established a national homeland in "Palestine" since the Jews were exiled 2,000 years before, the British "looked favorably" upon the creation of a Jewish National Homeland throughout ALL of Palestine. The Jews had already begun mass immigration into Palestine in the 1880's in an effort to rid the land of swamps and malaria and prepare for the rebirth of Israel. This Jewish effort to revitalize the land attracted an equally large immigration of Arabs from neighboring areas who were drawn by employment opportunities and healthier living conditions. There was never any attempt to "rid" the area of what few indigenous Arabs there were or those Arab masses thatimmigrated into this area along with the Jews!
This is what Palestine looked like during the British Mandate.
The Balfour declaration of 1917 clearly states the Establishment of a Jewish homeland in the area known as Palestine. There was no split between the West and East bank of the Jordan River and the Jewish State was to be established on what was known as British Palestine, all of it.
Although Britain promised a Jewish homeland throughout the area known as Palestine His Majesty betrayed those promises in 1922.
In September 1922 the Council of the League of Nations recognized Transjordan as a state under the British Mandate and Transjordan memorandum excluded the territories east of the River Jordan from all of the provisions of the mandate dealing with Jewish settlement. The country remained under British supervision until 1946.
What was promised to be the Jewish homeland of over 40,000 sq miles was now only 8,000 sq ml. This deceitful betrayal of the British Mandate towards the Jews faced absolutely no consequence. There was no Jewish uprising against the British, no terrorist attacks or murders. The Jews were happy with the 8000 sq. ml. homeland that was now promised to them.
From 1946 the State known as Jordan occupied what was 85% of British Mandate Palestine. The West side of the Jordan River was left for the Jewish homeland.
From 1946 the State known as Jordan occupied what was 85% of British Mandate Palestine. The West side of the Jordan River was left for the Jewish homeland.
Things could have ended there and we all could have lived happily ever after. However the Muslim population was not comfortable with Jews in the area.
Over the next 20 years Arabs murdered raped and violently terrorized Jewish communities in the area of British Palestine. The most famous of the massacres took place in the City of Hebron. 67 Jews viscously murdered by Arab rioters. The murders took place with the help of axes, rocks and knives. The Jewish population of Hebron was violently liquidated for the holy city of Hebron. Several Women were raped by Muslim rioters and others beheaded.
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| Hebron Jew had his hand chopped off by an Arab axe |
On November 29th, 1947 the General assembly of the UN adopted a plan to Partition the 15% of what was left of Palestine in order to create a SECOND Arab State in Palestine alongside a small Jewish one.
The UN’s second partition of Palestine left the Jewish homeland with a mini State alongside an Arab Jordan and a second Arab State on the Eastern side of the Jordan River.
This Partition plan was a terrible slap in the face to the Zionist movement. The Jewish State would be tiny and the holy cities Jerusalem and Hebron would not be included.
The nation of Israel had waited two thousand years to come home and were not about to miss the opportunity to rebuild the Land of Israel. With mix feelings the Jews accepted the UN partition plan which left only 6% of what was originally promised to the Jews by the British.
Not surprisingly it was the Arabs who refused the Partition Plan. This refusal was not about land or about refugees or walls or occupation. It was about the refusal of Arabs to accept a Jewish State, anywhere and any size.
Let there not be any misunderstanding. It was not the Palestinian nation, State or leadership that refused the Partition. It was the Arab League. There was never an Arab Palestinian State or Government in the Area known as Palestine.
There were several official Palestinian objects which would give witness to a Palestinian entity.
Unfortunately for those who call themselves Palestinian, all these items are JEWISH! The Palestine Post was a JEWISH newspaper as was the Bank of Palestine. In fact there is absolotely no record of anything Arab that would hint to an Arab Palestine Government or State.
That’s simply because there never was such an entity!
That’s simply because there never was such an entity!
This flag did NOT exist officially till 1964
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| Egyptian born Yasser Arafat was the first ever Palestine Government official in history. This happened in 1964 |
DID ISRAEL EVER FIGHT THE PALESTINIANS?
Top right - 1948 Arab Invasion / Top Left - 1956 Arab Invasion
Bottom Left 1967 Arab Invasion / 1973 Arab Invasion
Over the past 64 years of Israel’s existence she had to fight numerous wars. Neither of them involved a Palestinian army.
After the 1948 Arabinvasion of Israel and for the next 18 years the Arabs had control over the whole west bank, Gaza, Sinai and Jerusalem. In those 18 years there was never an attempt or even a request to declare a Palestinian State on the land conquered by the Arab armies.
This is a map of the Armistice lines after the 1948 Arab invasion of Israel. This is what is called the ‘GREEN LINE’. As you can see on the map the Green Line has nothing to do with a Palestinian State or rights of any kind.
Jerusalem was in the hand of Jordan, Gaza belonged to Egypt and the Golan Heights was part of Syria.
Ignoring the fact that Israel liberated these areas after the Arab armies attacked again in 1967, the Palestinians have absolutely nothing to do with the GREEN LINE and Israel simply never occupied an Arab Palestine.
The next time you chose to argue with me (Israel_shield) on twitter, or scream from the top of your lungs that Israel “Occupied” Palestine I am going to kindly ask you to check your history.
Palestinian propaganda has lied to the world long enough. One would expect of institutions like the UN to learn history and not allow the Arabs to fabricate it in order to intentionally hold on to an anti Israel opinions.
Here Is Why I Remember The Holocaust And It's Not What You Expect!
Once a year the entire nation of Israel commemorated the six million that were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. At exactly 10:00 am, sirens sound throughout the Jewish State and most of Israel's citizens (Except the Arabs who deny the Holocaust and some radical Ultra Orthodox Jews who call themselves religious) stood in silence to remember and give respect to those who were murdered, burned, gassed and dehumanized by the Nazis and their collaborators.
Most years, I belong to the second group, but this year, I was lost in thought asking myself, why? Why remember?
What is it about that horrible time in Jewish and human history that is so important to remember? My grandmother (Z"L) who survived numerous camps, saved other Jews will never be forgotten by me so why is it important to have a national memory of such a tragedy? What exactly am I remembering?
Is there someone who actually believes that our memory will prevent another Holocaust from happening? Look around!
Syria is murdering tens of thousands of people by gas and chemical weapons, Russia is conquering Ukraine and let's not even get started with the amount of people who are being slaughtered throughout Africa!
Has the world learned anything?
My answer is an absolute NOT A THING!
Obama is a joke and has threatened Syria time and time again that if they dare use chemical weapons, the US will be forced to react. Hello? Does Obama watch the news?
Some say that the Holocaust should not be mixed up with politics, I say WRONG! Only when remembering just what the world did can one have total political clarity. The ability to remember an American President who flew over the train tracks to Auschwitz with fighter planes but refused to bomb them so not to make any politically "trouble" or the way the entire world kept silent as millions were gassed, burned and shot!
To remember a British leader who met, shook hands and was actually on the brink of signing an agreement with Hitler because he didn't believe Hitler was a real threat!
And let us not forget our Muslim neighbors who seek "peace" with the Jewish State and claim that all our problems started when the modern day State of Israel was born in 1948.
Brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers were burned, gassed and treated like animals and the world said NOTHING! Nothing from France, nothing from England, Nothing from America, Nothing from anyone!
What do I learn from the Holocaust? I learn that the State of Israel is the ONLY true safe haven for Jews and we cannot trust anyone with our safety, security, military or Jewish survival.
Barack Obama and John Kerry say they are our friends but they have been pressuring Israel into handing over more parts of the Land of Israel to Muslim occupiers and have recently forced use to make a ceasefire with a fanatic Islamic terrorists organization called HAMAS!
Instead of the US President and Vice president siding with the Jewish State that has the same basic morals as the US, they have taken sides with the people who hold the same terrorist ideology that was responsible for the murder of over 3,000 people when they blew up the twin towers!
When Abu Mazen signs an agreement with the terrorist organization Hamas, John Kerry blames Israel and warns that if Israel doesn't make peace (give in to their demands) soon, the Arabs will start killing Jews! Really? Does that sound like a friend to you? To me it sounds like blackmail!
This Is Hamas!
Then Kerry says it was Israel's refusal to release terrorists as well as the building of houses and kindergartens in JERUSALEM that is to blame for the failed peace process. Of course the fact that Abu Mazen has completely refused to recognize a Jewish State has absolutely nothing to do with it, right John! I am not even going to get started with the Hamas missile fire that the White House said nothing about till Israel reacted!
Recently Obama had refused a missile shipment to Israel in solidarity with the people of Gaza ( who voted in Hamas)
When I say NEVER AGAIN! I mean it and the time is now! Unfortunately not only is the world ignoring the dangers Israel is facing, Israel's leaders themselves are behaving exactly like the Jews in 1939 who didn't believe anything would really happen!
Bibi, the Arabs have no right to this land! Can they live here in peace? Yes! The Druze do, The Christians do and yes, there are plenty of Muslim Arabs who just want to live, but the second they talk of a national country within the Land of Israel, it's time to say it loud and clear, NO WAY!
Read Also: The History Of Palestine 101
The motto 'NEVER AGAIN' has nothing to do with the Nazis. They like the Romans, Greeks and the Mussolini's are all gone. Never again means we will never again be so naive to believe the world when they say they will do something about the powers of evil, especially when those powers threaten Israel or the Jews! We now know that even our greatest allies and friends will fly right over our heads and ignore the flames that burn our flesh! We know that their political standing is more important than morality and certainly more important than a couple of Jews burning or being blown up by Muslim terrorists.
What do I learn from the Holocaust? There is only God to rely on and he is given us back the Land Of Israel as well as the IDF so that NEVER AGAIN will this little boy march to his death with his hands up in the air!
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Some keep their eyes shut in total silence remembering a family member who was murdered and some whisper a prayer in honor of the six million innocent Jewish souls that were violently ripped from this world.
Most years, I belong to the second group, but this year, I was lost in thought asking myself, why? Why remember?
What is it about that horrible time in Jewish and human history that is so important to remember? My grandmother (Z"L) who survived numerous camps, saved other Jews will never be forgotten by me so why is it important to have a national memory of such a tragedy? What exactly am I remembering?
Is there someone who actually believes that our memory will prevent another Holocaust from happening? Look around!
Syria is murdering tens of thousands of people by gas and chemical weapons, Russia is conquering Ukraine and let's not even get started with the amount of people who are being slaughtered throughout Africa!
Has the world learned anything?
My answer is an absolute NOT A THING!
Obama is a joke and has threatened Syria time and time again that if they dare use chemical weapons, the US will be forced to react. Hello? Does Obama watch the news?
Some say that the Holocaust should not be mixed up with politics, I say WRONG! Only when remembering just what the world did can one have total political clarity. The ability to remember an American President who flew over the train tracks to Auschwitz with fighter planes but refused to bomb them so not to make any politically "trouble" or the way the entire world kept silent as millions were gassed, burned and shot!
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| On July 7, shortly after the U.S. War Department refused requests from Jewish leaders to bomb the railway lines leading to the camps, a force of 452 Fifteenth Air Force bombers flew along and across the five deportation railway lines on their way to bomb Blechhammer oil refineries nearby |
To remember a British leader who met, shook hands and was actually on the brink of signing an agreement with Hitler because he didn't believe Hitler was a real threat!
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| The Munich Agreement |
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| Taken in 1943! No State No Settlements Just Islamic Anti Semitism! |
What do I learn from the Holocaust? I learn that the State of Israel is the ONLY true safe haven for Jews and we cannot trust anyone with our safety, security, military or Jewish survival.
Barack Obama and John Kerry say they are our friends but they have been pressuring Israel into handing over more parts of the Land of Israel to Muslim occupiers and have recently forced use to make a ceasefire with a fanatic Islamic terrorists organization called HAMAS!
Instead of the US President and Vice president siding with the Jewish State that has the same basic morals as the US, they have taken sides with the people who hold the same terrorist ideology that was responsible for the murder of over 3,000 people when they blew up the twin towers!
When Abu Mazen signs an agreement with the terrorist organization Hamas, John Kerry blames Israel and warns that if Israel doesn't make peace (give in to their demands) soon, the Arabs will start killing Jews! Really? Does that sound like a friend to you? To me it sounds like blackmail!
This Is Hamas!
Then Kerry says it was Israel's refusal to release terrorists as well as the building of houses and kindergartens in JERUSALEM that is to blame for the failed peace process. Of course the fact that Abu Mazen has completely refused to recognize a Jewish State has absolutely nothing to do with it, right John! I am not even going to get started with the Hamas missile fire that the White House said nothing about till Israel reacted!
Recently Obama had refused a missile shipment to Israel in solidarity with the people of Gaza ( who voted in Hamas)
When I say NEVER AGAIN! I mean it and the time is now! Unfortunately not only is the world ignoring the dangers Israel is facing, Israel's leaders themselves are behaving exactly like the Jews in 1939 who didn't believe anything would really happen!
Bibi, the Arabs have no right to this land! Can they live here in peace? Yes! The Druze do, The Christians do and yes, there are plenty of Muslim Arabs who just want to live, but the second they talk of a national country within the Land of Israel, it's time to say it loud and clear, NO WAY!
Read Also: The History Of Palestine 101
The motto 'NEVER AGAIN' has nothing to do with the Nazis. They like the Romans, Greeks and the Mussolini's are all gone. Never again means we will never again be so naive to believe the world when they say they will do something about the powers of evil, especially when those powers threaten Israel or the Jews! We now know that even our greatest allies and friends will fly right over our heads and ignore the flames that burn our flesh! We know that their political standing is more important than morality and certainly more important than a couple of Jews burning or being blown up by Muslim terrorists.
What do I learn from the Holocaust? There is only God to rely on and he is given us back the Land Of Israel as well as the IDF so that NEVER AGAIN will this little boy march to his death with his hands up in the air!
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100 years ago there were 50,000 jews and close to a million arabs living in Palestine.
ReplyDeleteTrue enough, BUT that was due to 400 years of Arab on Jew massacres and ethnic cleansing. The 1517 Hebron pogrom, 1517 Safed pogrom, 1660 destruction of Tiberias, 1660 destruction of Safed, 1834 Safed pogrom, 1838 Druze massacre of Safed, Aleppo Massacre (1850),Nebi Musa riots, Battle of Tel Hai.
How incredible that you would want to reward ethnic cleansing.
What was the population in the early 1800's There are no real records, BUT we do know from some sources that there were very few Arabs, and they were almost all recent immigrants.
There is a book written by a Christian named Relandi, chronicling his trip in the land of Israel in 1695/6.
It shows what the land and the people were like before 1700. At the time, almost the entire Middle East, from Austria through Egypt, was part of the Ottoman Empire (see map at http://www.euratlas.net/history/europe/1700/index.html ).
The countries as we know them today did not exist, but Jewish people were still living in the ancient land of Israel. The area was populated by Jews, some Christians, and a few, mostly nomadic, Arabs.
At that time (1695/6), not one settlement in the Land of Israel has a name that is of Arabic origin. Most of the settlement names originate in the Hebrew, Greek, Latin or Roman languages. In fact, till today, except to Ramlah, not one Arabic settlement has an original Arabic name. Till today, most of the settlements names are of Hebrew or Greek origin, the names distorted to senseless Arabic names. There is no meaning in Arabic to names such as Acco (Acre), Haifa, Jaffa, Nablus, Gaza, or Jenin and towns named Ramallah, El Halil and El-Kuds (Jerusalem) lack historical roots or Arabic philology. In 1696, the year Relandi toured the land, Ramallah, for instance, was called Bet'allah (From the Hebrew name Beit El) and Hebron was called Hebron (Hevron) and the Arabs called Mearat HaMachpelah El Chalil, their name for the Forefather Abraham.