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Comment by Anonymous
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Who are you or anyone for that matter to say that land belongs to the Palestinians? The Israeli's have at least a 4,000 year history to that land. DNA shows a common ancestry between the Israeli's and the Palestinians. Aztlan claims the southwest portion of America belongs to them too so should all the citizens of California, Arizona, New Mexico, etc. get off the land? If they don't would it then be acceptable for them to bomb the current occupants? It was not until the 1970s that Yasir Arafat who by the way was from Cairo not Palestine began to use the term Palestinians as a political way to identify the Arabs from the area. Palestine was the name given to the area by the Roman Conquering Army who took the land from the Israelites the name Palestine was derived from "Philistines" who were an ancient enemy of the Israelites. It seems very convenient for people to speak of that land in any kind of a historical context but then conveniently ignore the rest of history.


Comment by Tom W.
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So because this land supposedly belonged to 'Israel' 4000 years ago, before the state of Israel even existed, its okay to bulldoze people's houses that have been there for 80 years to make room for new Israeli settlements? Israel needs to respect private property ownership and not build on land that is not theirs. There are Christians in Gaza as well that are loosing their property to Israeli settlements. 

 

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