Thursday, June 10, 2021

A crash course on the history of a 'PALESTINIAN STATE'


  1. Before Israel, there was a British Mandate (from the UN), not a Palestinian state.
  2. Before the British Mandate, there was the Ottoman Empire, not a Palestinian state.
  3. Before the Ottoman Empire, there was the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, not a Palestinian state.
  4. Before the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, there was the Ayubid Arab-Kurdish Empire, not a Palestinian state.
  5. Before the Ayubid Empire, there was the Frankish and Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, not a Palestinian state.
  6. Before the Kingdom of Jerusalem, there was the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, not a Palestinian state.
  7. Before the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, there was the Byzantine empire, not a Palestinian state.
  8. Before the Byzantine Empire, there were the Sassanids, not a Palestinian state.
  9. Before the Sassanid Empire, there was the Byzantine Empire, not a Palestinian state.
  10. Before the Byzantine Empire, there was the Roman Empire, not a Palestinian state.
  11. Before the Roman Empire, there was the Hasmonean state, not a Palestinian state.
  12. Before the Hasmonean state, there was the Seleucid, not a Palestinian state.
  13. Before the Seleucid empire, there was the empire of Alexander the Great, not a Palestinian state.
  14. Before the empire of Alexander the Great, there was the Persian empire, not a Palestinian state.
  15. Before the Persian Empire, there was the Babylonian Empire, not a Palestinian state.
  16. Before the Babylonian Empire, there were the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, not a Palestinian state.
  17. Before the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, there was the Kingdom of Israel, not a Palestinian state.
  18. Before the kingdom of Israel, there was the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, not a Palestinian state.
  19. Before the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, there was an agglomeration of independent Canaanite city-kingdoms, not a Palestinian state.
  20. Actually, in this piece of land there has been everything, EXCEPT A PALESTINIAN STATE.


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