[lavaroise]

they have left the field open to the radical right in the United States, where it has been used to justify a crusading, Christian fundamentalist approach to Islam

hmmm.... what the hell is this oxymoron all about? Christians fundamentalists are not about crusades, they are about believing the Bible without imposing it on others. I know calling oneself Jesus Son of G_d maybe fundamentalist eccentricity for myself, a Jewish G_d believer, but it does not hurt nor is a plan to force on any body this claim.

This text also start in a Nazi eugenic unity between Jews and Palies that is a fundamental lie. Palies are Philistines.

While the muslim con game is obvious, this article goes to great length to appologize to muslims by saying christians are wrong and Jews are wrong too. In fact this paper is about leftist fundamentalism. What awful and sad PC inclusive contortion leftists go through when they approach the truth. Amazing.

[katana]

Have to disagree on a not-so-small point. The Philistines, as described in the Old Testament, have been identified through modern archaeology in the region as most likely of Greek origin. They were "settlers" who had landed in and occupied the coastal plain of what is now Israel and Lebanon. They are probably related to the "Sea Peoples" who conquered the Nile River delta at around the same time and are mentioned in Egyptian texts. For comparison, picture the Viking conquests of the coasts of Britain, Ireland, and Normandy in France

The Palestinians (or "Falasteeni" in Arabic) derive that name from where they live, not because they bear any relationship to a race of people who disappeared from the scene more than 2,000 years ago. The Palestinians are as much Arab (and therefore directly related to the Jews) as the Lebanese and the Syrians.