"Peoplehood" Based on a Big Lie By Eli E. HertzMythsandFacts.com | Friday, May 16, 2008 The Palestinians claim that they are an ancient and indigenous people fails to stand up to historical scrutiny. Most Palestinian Arabs were newcomers to British Mandate Palestine. Until the 1967 Six-Day War made it expedient for Arabs to create a Palestinian peoplehood, local Arabs simply considered themselves part of the ‘great Arab nation’ or ‘southern Syrians.’“Repeat a lie often enough and people will begin to believe it.”Nazi propaganda master Joseph Goebbels“All [that Palestinians] can agree on as a community is what theywant to...