lvcabbie
MSgt, US Army, Retired
Everybody makes a big deal out of "Palestine"!!! Just what was Palestine? Here's the great nation before the Romans came along.
wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Levant_830.svg
Doesn't look all that big, does it?
Then there was this PRIOR to WWI -
wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Ottoman_levant.png/
So then the Brits and other Allies beat the Turks and create this -
wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/BritishMandatePalestine1920.png/
Does anybody see a "Palestine" yet?
Then - On 29 November 1947, the United Nations General Assembly voted 33 to 13 with 10 abstentions, in favour of a plan to partition the territory into separate Jewish and Arab states, under economic union, with the Greater Jerusalem area (encompassing Bethlehem) coming under international control. Zionist leaders (including the Jewish Agency), accepted the plan, while Palestinian Arab leaders rejected it and all independent Muslim and Arab states voted against it
Oh, so that's how we got there.
Then,
In the course of the Six Day War in June 1967, Israel captured the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) from Jordan and the Gaza Strip from Egypt
And we finally have this with something called "Palestine" that was only the creation of the FRENCH and BRITISH!!!!!
.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Is-wb-gs-gh_v3.png/
[Doesn't look a whole lot different than before the Romans, does it?![Cool :cool: :cool:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Levant_830.svg
Doesn't look all that big, does it?
Then there was this PRIOR to WWI -
wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Ottoman_levant.png/
So then the Brits and other Allies beat the Turks and create this -
wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/BritishMandatePalestine1920.png/
Does anybody see a "Palestine" yet?
Then - On 29 November 1947, the United Nations General Assembly voted 33 to 13 with 10 abstentions, in favour of a plan to partition the territory into separate Jewish and Arab states, under economic union, with the Greater Jerusalem area (encompassing Bethlehem) coming under international control. Zionist leaders (including the Jewish Agency), accepted the plan, while Palestinian Arab leaders rejected it and all independent Muslim and Arab states voted against it
Oh, so that's how we got there.
Then,
In the course of the Six Day War in June 1967, Israel captured the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) from Jordan and the Gaza Strip from Egypt
And we finally have this with something called "Palestine" that was only the creation of the FRENCH and BRITISH!!!!!
.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Is-wb-gs-gh_v3.png/
[Doesn't look a whole lot different than before the Romans, does it?