Respones to an Ignorant Young American Woman (Part 3)

Blogs of Zion ^ | 6 April 2006 | Chana (Caitlyn) Martin

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Respones to an Ignorant Young American Woman (Part 3)
Posted by Chana | Thu, Apr 06, 2006, 1:11am

My response to her claim that both the United States and Israel were founded as a result of genocide commited against the indigenous peoples of those lands:

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I assume you mean the United States here. Holding present day Americans responsible for acts committed in the fifteenth through nineteenth centuries is a bit insane, don't you think? Nobody living today committed genocide against Native Americans.

In the case of Israel I assume you are unaware that 80% of the Palestinian Arabs were first generation in 1948, the same percentage as the Palestinian Jewish population. Most had come to work in British Palestine due to the opportunities created by Jewish immigrants.

Prior to 1948 the term Palestinian most often meant a Jewish resident. The Arabs considered themselves Syrian and their leader, Haj Amin al-Husseini (Yasser Arafat's uncle, BTW) opposed the creation of a new Arab state and instead wanted Palestine returned to Syria.

The term "Jew" is a shortened form of Judean. Jews are from Judea, which is Israel. We predate any Arab immigration into what is now Israel. The Jewish presence in what is now Israel does date back to biblical times. The Arab presence dates back only to the seventh century and most Palestinians, like their modern Israeli counterparts, are 20th century arrivals.

So.. if you mean Israel which "indigenous" peoples are you talking about? Jews come closest. The Palestinians are not descended from the original Canaanite inhabitants. The closest thing to surviving Canannites would be the Chaldean and Assyrian minorities in Syria and Iraq.

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This continues the post found here.

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Thanks for the continuance.