Posted on 05/15/2008 5:20:19 AM PDT by SJackson
MEMRI Special Dispatch Series - No. 1928 May 14, 2008No. 1928
Grandfather of Hamas TV Bunny Assud Insists Tel Aviv Was a Palestinian City
Following is an excerpt from the Hamas children's show "The Pioneers of Tomorrow," which aired on Al-Aqsa TV on May 9, 2008: To view this clip, visit www.memritv.org/clip/en/1766.htm .
"[Tel Aviv] Was Called Tel Al-Rabi', But the Zionists and Jews Hebraicized the Name to 'Tel Aviv'" Assud the Bunny: "Grandpa, where did you live? In what city?"
Grandpa: "We used to live in the most beautiful place in Palestine."
Assud: "Where?"
Grandpa: "My dear, you've never seen such a place. I used to live in Tel Al-Rabi' [the Arab word for 'spring,' which is 'aviv' in Hebrew]. What a beautiful place. My God, when I recall Tel Al-Rabi', which the Zionists have called..."
Assud: "There's no such place called Tel Al-Rabi'. What's the matter, Grandpa? Have you gone senile?"
Grandpa: "I'm not senile. My head is working just fine. How can you say I'm senile? This place was called Tel Al-Rabi', but the Zionists and Jews Hebraicized the name to 'Tel Aviv.' Where did this 'Tel Aviv' come from? It has been Tel Al-Rabi' for generations, on the land of Palestine, right next to Yafa. How can you say I've gone senile? I know this. My head still works just fine. Are you trying to confuse me? I'm not senile yet. I have documents and proof. I have all the papers here. The documents are right here with me. How can you say I'm senile? I have all the documents with me. Here they are. Everything is here, from the days of the British and even before. This is our land, as well as the fields, the trees, and the houses. I can even show you the key. You're calling me senile? I have proof."
"It's the Fault of the School Curricula, Which Did Not Teach Us That Tel Aviv Is In Fact Tel Al-Rabi'"
Assud: "Forgive me, Grandpa, it's not our fault. It's the fault of the school curricula, which did not teach us that Tel Aviv is in fact Tel Al-Rabi', and vice versa."
Grandpa: "No, my dear, take it from me. I know, and I have the papers and the land deeds. The name Tel Al-Rabi' has been forged by the Jews and Hebraicized to 'Tel Aviv.' They invented all these names. 'Ashdod' is, in fact, Isdud. 'Ashkelon' is, in fact, Al-Majdal. Where did they get these names? Al-Sab' is called 'Beer Sheva'! It's all a lie. There are all pseudonyms. Yafa, Al-Lydd, Al-Ramla, Al-Sab' - they changed all these names and Hebraicized them, and now they say: That's Tel Al-Rabi'? There is no such thing. It's Tel Aviv. It's all a lie. All these names were Hebraicized by the Jews."
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I can see the palestinians right there, hiding behind the dunes.
Aaaah, what they could have made of the place. Instead, the world is stuck with this place. Wonder why gramps wants it back.
Jaffa was a port town controlled by Arabs when Jews returning to Israel started settling in the area around the turn of the 20th century.
The Arabs made it known that while they would do business with the Jews through the port they controlled, Jews were not welcome to live in Jaffa in any serious numbers.
So the Jews built their own homesteads in the sandy hills above Jaffa.
After about twenty years these homes were numerous enough to become a full-fledged town in its own right: Tel Aviv, established in 1909, was that town.
Guess Gramps really is senile
And now Jaffa is a suburb.
Thanks C from E.
Is it about borders?-If dispute is about borders,
everything else will fall into place.
Jerusalem Post | 5-15-08
Posted on 05/15/2008 5:12:32 AM PDT by SJackson
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016250/posts
[it isn’t; it’s about extermination]
Abbas: Time is now for Palestinian state—
PA, Hamas pledge never to give up “right of return,”
Jerusalem Post | -15-08 | KHALED ABU TOAMEH
Posted on 05/15/2008 5:14:55 AM PDT by SJackson
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016252/posts
Olmert admits hasn’t acted seriously to defend Israelis -
Statements by PM Olmert and US Pres. Bush
IMRA | 5-15-08
Posted on 05/15/2008 5:27:55 AM PDT by SJackson
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016260/posts
Having been to both Jaffa and “Tel Al-Rabi” many times, this is laughable on the face of it.
Well, Assud is half-right. Before 1967, the term “Palestinian” meant Jews, not Arabs. The Jerusalem Post was called “The Palestine Post” until 1950. And I know a rabbi in Hebron whose 1937 birth certificate identifies him as a “Palestinian.”
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