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1 posted on 11/14/2006 7:21:47 PM PST by SJackson
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The link, Descriptive Geography and Brief Historical Sketch of Palestine. is a worthwhile read.

2 posted on 11/14/2006 7:24:37 PM PST by SJackson (A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user, T. Roosevelt)
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I've seen photographs of Jerusalem taken in the 1930s. There was NOTHING outside the old city for miles.
6 posted on 11/14/2006 7:38:00 PM PST by Carry_Okie (Islam offers three choices: fight, submit, or die.)
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"for at that time only Jewish and Christian residents of the Holy Land referred to and thought of themselves as “Palestinians,” whereas Arabs and Muslims identified with the “Ummah” and their various tribal clans."

Oh, that’s freak’n priceless! Thanks filling a gap in my understanding of history.

9 posted on 11/14/2006 7:57:25 PM PST by elfman2 (An army of amateurs doing the media's job.)
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To: SJackson
Here is a nice summary of this issue here.
10 posted on 11/14/2006 8:07:17 PM PST by tang-soo (Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks - Read Daniel Chapter 9)
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The future of Arab controlled Gaza.

" ... It's time we recognized the nature of the conflict. It's total war and we are all involved. Nobody on our side is exempted because of age, gender, or handicap. The Islamofacists have stolen childhood from the world."—FReeper Retief
"Palestine is the wrong name for their State. It should be called Anarchy."—FReeper sgtbono2002
"Then let's wait and see what the Arabs do after they take Gaza. There's nothing like Arab reality to break up a Jewish fantasy."—FReeper Noachian
A student told his professor he was going to "Palestine" to "fight for freedom, peace and justice,"—Orwellian leftist code words that mean "murder Jews."
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13 posted on 11/14/2006 10:27:05 PM PST by Salem (FREE REPUBLIC - Fighting to win within the Arena of the War of Ideas! So get in the fight!)
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Bump!


14 posted on 11/14/2006 10:44:24 PM PST by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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The firsdt thing we have to remember is Mark Twain's declaration that the land was almost empty at the late 1800... Have It Clearly!
18 posted on 11/15/2006 10:04:45 AM PST by PRePublic
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