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You make good points, Youaskedfor it.

If Newt claims the Palis are an ‘invented’ people, does he also say who invented them?

I would say, as contained in your post, a great deal of credit could be given to the British. In fact, most of what we see as ‘countries’ in the Middle East were invented by the British, including Israel.

The British ruled the Palestinian region by mandate of the U.N. before the Jewish settlers won and established the state of Israel. The Jews themselves referred to the land as Palestine before they settled on the name Israel.

I don’t recall how far back the Arabic people lived in Palestine, but they were there in 1948.

Arabs reside IN Israel also. However, their citizenship status is different from Jews.

I’m sure that Newt, being the college professor he is, is aware of the history but he knows evangelicals are not. They have invented Israel in their own romanticized way. Israelis are more realistic and most -— even the most Zionist -— would not agree with Gingrich.