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Uncovering Israel’s Past Posted By Christopher S. Carson On August 6, 2013 @ 12:12 am In Daily Mailer,FrontPage | 34 Comments It seems that many educated liberals who wish Israel didn’t exist are turning to archaeologists to succor their agendas. These archaeologists are called biblical “minimalists,” and loosely affiliate themselves with the “Copenhagen School” of archaeology. They believe that the scientific evidence in the dirt is irrefutable—there was no Moses, there was no Exodus, there was no period of the “Judges,” there was not a Conquest of Caanan by Joshua or anyone else, and there was no glorious “United Monarchy”...

Palestinian Denial of Jewish Ties to Jerusalem Within the Arab world, there has been an ongoing effort to dismiss any Jewish connection to Jerusalem. Leading figures from Palestinian academia, religious, and political establishments have been particularly outspoken on this subject. Speaking on Palestinian Authority (PA) TV on November 21, Palestinian historian ‘Issam Sisalem, one of the two “home historians” on PA TV, compared Jews to “parasitical worms” who make “false claims” and “Biblical lies.” Regarding Jerusalem, he explained that it has always belonged to Arabs, adding, “Everything on our land is holy to us and we will defend it and...