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Myth of Palestinian unity
Moshe Elad
Published: 28.07.09, 18:24
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1. It is hard to unity two myths, Palestinian is a myth.
smith   (07.28.09)
2. Caption one word too long
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (07.28.09)
Everything about 'Palestinians' is a myth.
3. #1,2
Wael ,   Ramallah   (07.28.09)
Hi clowns, denying the existence of your adversaries only proves you're a bunch of ostriches burrying their heads in the ground. You can keep doing that forever, won't change the fact that we'll be here, proud on our lands, long after you're burried.
4. #1 Land and people
Ibrahim ,   Yaffa   (07.29.09)
Hi Ignorant, what would you say about Jews, do you really believe that with your green/blue eyes and coming from Poland or Siberia, you are decedents of Jacob and have the right in my home in Yaffa? What a myth!
5. hi Wael
smith   (07.29.09)
We are not denying your existence, you are sunni arabs like all the others arabs and you ancestors invaded the land of Israel, the land of the Jews. The fact is that palestinian was the jew before and now you use it to claim a land that is not your land. Nice try and continue to lie, we know your little al-taqiyya
6. Wael #3 in your dreams
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (07.29.09)
We were here a few thousand years ahead of you and we will be here long after the last Arab is gone and forgotten. You can not have our lands. Just because the KGB and Arafat invented 'Palestine' in 1964 does not make it a fact. Go back to your own lands.
7. Myth?
Ypip ,   Canada   (07.29.09)
That's bs. A lie is a lie.
8. I'm a virgin.
Ypip ,   Canada   (07.29.09)
Really!
9. Right of return for settlements?
Seymour ,   Berkeley USA   (07.29.09)
On what basis does Elad make this "simple" explanation? I think he is suggesting that Obama will insist that the Palestinians give up the right of return in exchange for Israel giving up the settlements. How does he know this? What's the evidence? "And for those who wonder why the Americans show such great insistence on placing the removal of outpost and a settlement freeze at the top of their demands from Israel, the explanation is simple: The practical expression of the focus on clinging to the land is the outposts and settlements. And so, Obama has already decided – he will not pressure Israel on the issue of the right of return, but the Israelis will pay for this with giving up their insistence to cling to the land, that is, the settlements."
10. a thought
lili ,   jerusalem   (07.29.09)
if god made the islam is the first religion and judism is the last one >>>> what would jews told about palastine .hehehejhe
11. to #4 David the king was red headed(4000 years ago)
ghostq   (07.29.09)
In Metzada they found jews remains with bloond hair, they actually found the hair attached to the skull and thos remains r 2000 years old and they were jewish, arabs got nothing not relics to prove they were here.
12. to #8 I don't know how old you r
ghostq   (07.29.09)
so you won't get any edvice from me.
13. The Arabs have always wanted what the Jews have
Dave ,   USA   (07.29.09)
How many world-class medical facilities they created? How many iuniversities they created? When an Arab claiming to be Palestinian gets cancer what does he do? He runs over to a Jew for treatment. Yet, he/she blows that Jew up in a terrorist attack the very Jew who treats him, gives him water and electricity. That is the nature of an Israeli adversary. Jews give them life and in return get death.
14. #4, of course never mind the green and blued eyed arabs
Danny   (07.29.09)
or the fact most Israelis aren't from Europe.....
15. #9 and you think it will end there?
Danny   (07.29.09)
This is how all the negotiations go, Israel has to concede everything and the Arabs nothing BEFORE the negotiations - and of course Israel is the one being obstructive.
16. Ibrahim, #4
Jason, Ph.D. ,   Charlotte, USA   (07.29.09)
Ibrahim, A recent genetic study was conducted on the Jews. Although there has been some intermarriage, the study definitively demonstrated the Middle-East origin of the Jews. It is a matter of fact, not opinion. By the way, I have blue eyes. However, I am a direct descendant of the Levites who were involved with Temple worship in ancient Jerusalem. It is time for you to admit the facts. In the Islamic religion, you (assuming you are a Muslim) are supposed to yield to the will of Allah, and not to your own stubborn will. Allah wants you to respect truth, and not fiction, even if you do not like the facts.
17. Jason, Ph.D
Kerry Winn ,   Redlands USA   (07.29.09)
Nope, it is condoned to lie, to deceive in Islam. Read the Qur'an and Hadiths for insight, I have. A Deist, Feminist, Goy, Zionist
18. Sorry Seymour, right of return vs settlements is non issue
JPS ,   Efrat   (07.29.09)
Seymour - get your numbers straight. In return for giving up on the repatriation of Jews who were expelled from Arab lands (who now number about 3 million) and the restitution of their lands and assets, Israel expects the Palestinians to do the same. The ethnic cleansing of Jews by Arab countries and the theft of the Jews' assets is one of the not-talked-about war crimes that has to be resolved. The right to live in Jewish towns and villages is something else. Hebron, for example, is not a settlement. The Jews there returned to Jewish homes that were vacated after the massacre of Jews by Palestinians that predates modern Israel. Obama gives nice speeches, but he gets his facts wrong.
19. MYTH OF PALESTINE(.), PERIOD.
Sequaig Vallerus ,   Croatia   (07.30.09)
20. Sunni Arabs
Samuel ,   Johannesburg   (07.31.09)
Wael like his brethren has been brainwashed for so long i don,t think he,himself knows who or where he originated.You are a Sunni Arab originally aJew who was forced to convert many centuries ago so don,t try that Islamic b-ll-hit as we Jews know who we are and whence we came from.
21. Arab propaganda
Samuel ,   Johannesburg   (07.31.09)
Wael thinks that the Jews of today are going to lay down their arms etc.and go quietly to the slaughter houses just because him and his brethren don,t like or want us around.The state of Israel will always be around long after Islam has vanished from the civilised world ,so carry on with your wishful thinking while we progress and build more and more house etc. anywhere in greater Israel .
22. no more concessions
Samuel ,   Johannesburg   (07.31.09)
As Danny says ,with Bibi now calling the shots ther e won,t be any meaningful concessions until the greater Arab/Muslim world recognises Israel and it,s right of existence .No amount of pressure from the Obama administration will change the status quo so certain people will have to get used to this.
23. don,t be confused
Samuel ,   Joburg   (07.31.09)
Ibrahim in Yaffo ,i have blue eyes and blonde hair and wether my parents were from Poland,Lithuania or otherwise i,m a Jew who can settle anywhere in the land of Israel and i don,t need your or your Imam,s permission .Thank you and have a wonderful day.
24. Sephardi Jews
Samuel ,   Joburg   (07.31.09)
Ibrahim conveniently forgets the massacre and banishment of Sephardi Jews from Yemen ,Iraq,and other Arab lands in 1948 who left their countries of birth with the clothes on their backs ,not with their hard earned wealth.Please convince your local Imam to re-imburse them for their troubles and then kindly remember you live in a democratic Jewish state ,not a despotic ,tyrannical ,fundamentalist Muslim one.
25. whats new
Samuel ,   Johannesburg   (07.31.09)
Like Dave says ,everything the hard working ,educated ,industrious ,intelligent Jew has is due to these above mentioned traits characteristic to all people of this faith called Judaism. What does Islam give;squalor,death self pity,religious intolerance,funda- mentalism ,lies ,distortions ,ruses and plain ignorance.
26. ibrahim
Samuel ,   Johannesburg   (08.05.09)
Ibrahim ,we are descendants of Yaakov and we have the rights tosettle anywhere we want in the Jewish state ,if you don,t like it well tough ,we aren,t asking your permission we are just doing it because we can ,sorry for you.
27. lies and more
Samuel ,   Johannesburg   (08.05.09)
Kerry in Redlands reckons there is no deception and lies in Islam,well his facts are skewed as the biggest lies ,distortions and myths are found in this infantile religion that,s called Islam .What has he been reading ,obviously not the Satanic Verses ,remember them?
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