[RetiredArmy]

There will be no peace in Jerusalem or Israel until Christ’s foot touches down on the Mount of Olives. Not till. There might be moments, but not peace. God did not agree to a two state resolution. He gave the land to Israel. He will decide that in the end. I fully and 100% support Israel, but not those Arabs that call themselves by a name that never existed until the Romans called that land “Palestine.” Until that time, there had never been a county or people called that.

[Mrs. Don-o]

You're right, I think it was called "Syria Palestina" after the Bar Kochba rebellion. But the identification of that very much disputed parcel of land switched back and forth a lot. According to the Jewish Encyclopedia, the term Palestine referred to the entire area between Phoenicia and Egypt in 5th century BC. Herodotus wrote of a 'district of Syria, called Palaistinê' including the Judean mountains and the Jordan Rift Valley.

I don't mean to slight the Jewish Kingdoms, not at all. And the Jews have every right to Israel on the basis of :

Purchase (because the Zionist Movement bought tracts of land in the late-19th early-20th century from the previous owners)

Legal mandate (all that post-Ottoman business with the British)

Settlement (they lived there, occupied the place)

Development (they made creative constructive improvements)

International Lawfulness (member of the UN, diplomatic recognition by 100+ other nations, that must count for something)

Successful defense (they repelled, and continue to repel, attacks and challenges)

Internal lawfulness (they have a system of law which is as internally consistent as any other nation: good as any, better'n some)

[Mrs. Don-o]

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