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We fight, We win, Am Yisrael Chai
An uninformed observer scrolling through X (formerly known as Twitter) could be forgiven for assuming that there is an entity called Palestine that is under occupation and is clamoring to be released.
On a daily basis, Palestinians and their supporters flood social media, and a lot of public thoroughfares too, with demands, declarations, and disinformation, repeating ad nauseam their insistence to “free Palestine” as though it is the central issue on the international agenda.
This mantra has been harped on for so long, and so often, that many people believe it to be urgent and even true; some out of ignorance, others out of willful disregard for history or reality.
The number of times the word “Palestine” appears in the Hebrew Bible, the Christian New Testament, and the Muslim Quran is precisely zero.
Six centuries before the advent of Islam, when Jews rose up in the first revolt against the Romans in the years 66 CE to 70 CE, they minted coins that read “Judea,” not “Palestine.”
Hence, calling for a “free Palestine” is logically absurd, if only because there is no such thing as an occupied state of Palestine in the first place.
It is akin to demanding liberty for the Loch Ness monster or autonomy for the Abominable Snowman.
Indeed, prior to the 1947 UN partition plan, even "Palestinian" Arab leaders denied that Palestine existed.
www.jpost.com
On a daily basis, Palestinians and their supporters flood social media, and a lot of public thoroughfares too, with demands, declarations, and disinformation, repeating ad nauseam their insistence to “free Palestine” as though it is the central issue on the international agenda.
This mantra has been harped on for so long, and so often, that many people believe it to be urgent and even true; some out of ignorance, others out of willful disregard for history or reality.
The number of times the word “Palestine” appears in the Hebrew Bible, the Christian New Testament, and the Muslim Quran is precisely zero.
Six centuries before the advent of Islam, when Jews rose up in the first revolt against the Romans in the years 66 CE to 70 CE, they minted coins that read “Judea,” not “Palestine.”
Hence, calling for a “free Palestine” is logically absurd, if only because there is no such thing as an occupied state of Palestine in the first place.
It is akin to demanding liberty for the Loch Ness monster or autonomy for the Abominable Snowman.
Indeed, prior to the 1947 UN partition plan, even "Palestinian" Arab leaders denied that Palestine existed.
Palestine, a state under occupation, is a myth - opinion
Palestine may exist in the minds of those who seek to do Israel harm. But in the real world, it is nothing more than a mirage. And a malevolent one at that.
www.jpost.com