WhatsappThe most common criticism of what Israel has supposedly done to the supposed “palestnians” in what has been coined “palestine” is that Israel has stolen the Land from those who have an indigenous claim to the Land. This triple lie should be studied in marketing courses across the world in order to study how an alternative reality can be created out of thin air in order to promote a specific cause.
An Arab man from Saudi Arabia in a message to Palestinians:
— Vivid.🇮🇱 (@VividProwess) October 12, 2024
"Who are you trying to fool? You have no land and no case. This land belongs to Israel for the people of Israel. You Palestinians are evil in any country you set foot on!"pic.twitter.com/k9g0F9nD1B
The Arabs who live in Israel today are nearly all originally from Egypt, Syria, or other countries in the Middle East. They chose to move to the area under the Ottoman Empire that is near the Mediterranean in order to have a better life. Most of them moved in the late 19th century or early 20th century when the Jewish people began their return. The Jewish pioneers had a few major supporters who helped them finance their efforts to bring the Land back to life. Arabs from neighboring countries took heed and found out that they could live better near the Jewish pioneers than where they were living in other areas under the Ottoman Empire.
The concept of a unique “palestinian people” was usually not used. If it was used, it was generally in order to refer to the Jewish people. The Jerusalem Post was called the Palestine Post before the State of Israel was founded in 1948. The Palestine theatre was a Jewish theatre. Arabs rarely used the term Palestine. Jews did.
But in the early and especially the late 60’s, the Arabs who lived in and around the State of Israel decided that they need to create a new national entity in order to claim national rights to the Land. It has certainly taken root among the younger generation of Arabs in and around Israel. But what drives it is not the nationalism of the 19th century. It is the age-old anti-Jewish hatred that has been alive and well as long as the Jewish people exist.
But even those who have bought into the idea of a legitimate nationalism of a nation of so-called “palestinians” cannot deny today that what truly drives those who yell and scream “from the river to the sea” is the genuine intention to drive the Jewish people out of the Land of Israel and into the sea. Israel has one choice and only one choice. Fight back or be driven into the sea.
