by Taghayee » Sun 16 Nov 2008, 12:05:00
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jenab6', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('holmes', 'Y')ou mean psuedostinians. They do not exist. There never was a palestinian Kingdom or King. It is a loony media creation. They are Arab castouts from Arab nations. Their own people do not want them so they covet what Israel has created. Yawn.
I've heard this invalid argument many times. Slightly rephrased, it asserts that if a group of people are not organized politically in certain specific ways, then they do not have any right to own property. It seems to me that this conclusion is wrong.
The fact is, the Palestinians did possess the land, worked upon it, and owned it in every practical sense. Then a bunch of foreigners came in, some British and some Jews, and they decided to disrespect the Palestinian's property rights by seizing it and chasing the original owners away, killing them if they did not run fast enough.
How I look forward to seeing the tables being turned. I look forward to when the arguments which the Palestinians are using now come spilling out of the mouths of dispossessed Jews. I look forward to watching those cleverly loquacious hypocrites get their comeuppance.
I remember this passage from Thomas Friedman's book- From Beirut to Jerusalem where he recounts the story of a rabbi, who most likely had come from somewhere outside of the region, and his family going to Hebron and staying in a guesthouse. They never left and claimed that was their new home. Army had to back them up and so did the politicians because it was election time.
his reason- I did not take over your business. God gave it to me.