At least this is what Chief Palestinian Negotiator, Saeb Erekat
says! He refuses to recognize Israel as a Jewish Homeland claiming, it forces
him “to change my narrative.”
Narrative? According to
Miriam Webster, a “narrative” is a representation of a story. Stories, we all
know, can be FACT or FICTION. So, in this case, which is it?
Erekat’s “narrative” says that his ancestors were descendants of
the Canaanites and lived in the area for “5,500 years before Joshua son of Nun
came and burned my hometown, Jericho.”
Hmmmm….this would be a powerful narrative if it had any truth in
it.
Let’s investigate Erekat’s “narrative” and test its validity.
It’s important, as we explore this “narrative” to investigate the
terms and names of places and people and their history.
We will begin with “Palestine” and “Palestinian”. Every historian will agree, there has never
been a “Kingdom of Palestine” or a “Palestinian” King or Ruler. There has never
been a “Palestinian” language. So who exactly are the “Palestinian people”? Are
they Canaanites? Arabs? Egyptians?
The name “Palestine” was given to the area in 135 AC by the Roman Empire
in an attempt to destroy connections with Judea and the Jewish people. It is
the Latin name referring to the Philistines. (whom Arafat claimed to be a
descendant of even though he was born in Cairo) Simply by changing the name of
a geographic area, the Romans did not create a new nation.
If “Palestine” was a “sovereign, independent” nation (before the
Jews stole it), when was it first founded?
Where was “Palestine’s” capital?
What was its government like?
What was its economic structure? What was its currency?
What was the popular religion?
If a “Palestinian” is someone from the land of Palestine, are they
Arab? Canaanite? Muslim? …..and…..How do we explain this?
This is the leading Palestinian Newspaper owned by “Palestinian
Jews” who, at the time, were simply Jews living under the British mandate in
the territory referred to as “Palestine”. Today it is known as the Jerusalem Post since there is no longer
a British Mandate and territory called “Palestine”.
Israel
became a nation in 1948. Why did it take until 1964 (sixteen years) for the Arab League to form the Palestinian
Liberation Organization? And why did the Arab League form the PLO and not the “Palestinians”
themselves? Why didn’t the “Palestinian” exiled government begin immediately to
reestablish their government?
The
answer to this question can be found in 1977. Zahir Muhsein a PLO Executive
Committee Member said, “The ‘Palestinian people’ does not exist. The creation
of a ‘Palestinian’ state is only a means of continuing our struggle against the
state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today, there is no difference between
Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical
reasons do we speak today about the existence of a ‘Palestinian’ people to
oppose Zionism.”
In case
you may think Zahir’s quote was made-up or invalid, in 1946, before 1948, before Israel even
became a nation, a well respected Arab-American historian from Princeton University,
Philip Hitti, testified the following before the Anglo-American Committee: “There
is no such thing as “Palestine” in history, absolutely not.”
WHAT?
Palestine is not a nation? The “Palestinian” people are a “made up” people
group?
Used
for the purpose of defeating Zionism?
But
wait! Erekat’s narrative says “Palestinians” are long lost Canaanites who had
their hometown, Jericho, destroyed by Joshua Son of Nun! His “narrative is
quite different from Yasar Arafat’s.
Arafat
claimed the “Palestinians were Philistines! Philistines were not Canaanites! Judges 3:3 says “the five rulers of
the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians and the Hivites living in
the Lebanon mountains…” Each group is referred to separately as distinct people
groups.
The
Philistines were also crushed and ruled by the Assyrians, Babylonians and
Persians in the 8th-5th centuries BC. They were, over
time absorbed by the local populations and entirely disappearing from history.
They pretty much ended as a people and culture 2,500 years ago. So, Arafat’s “narrative”
was a failure!
So
now, the new “narrative” is Canaanite, the “Palestinians” are Canaanites, and
more specifically, Canaanites from Jericho! In fact, not modern Jericho, but
the one Joshua son of Nun destroyed! Yep, he destroyed it!
And they utterly
destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox
and sheep and ass, with the edge of the sword
Joshua 6:21
So,
with the exception of Rahab the Harlot and her family, there were no descendants
left to trace back to……..
Unless,
of course Erekat is a descendant of Rahab, in which case, he would be in Jesus’
lineage and should stop all his complaining. What an honor to be related to one
of the most famous Jews in all time!
At
this point we must ask:
WHAT
IS IT THE ARABS WHO CALL THEMSELVES “PALESTINIANS” REALLY WANT?
Up
until 1948, the land called Israel today was ruled by foreign governments from
foreign lands. According to statistics kept by the British, under their
mandate, more than 70% of the land that later became Israel was NOT owned by
Arabs! It belonged to the mandatory British government.
When
exactly did the push for a “Palestinian” state in Israel begin?
When Israel was recognized as a nation,
May 15, 19948, five Arab armies (not “Palestinian” armies) immediately attacked
her. The fighting did not end until January 1949, at which time Gaza became “occupied”
by Egypt and Judea and Samaria was “occupied”
by Trans-Jordan. Eygpt had actually
captured Gaza during the fighting, however, Trans-Jordan annexed their land in
1950 calling it the “West Bank” as a connector to the rest of Trans-Jordan on
the east side of the Jordan River. This
annexation was only recognized by Britain and Pakistan.
The situation with the land remained
like this until 1967. During the month of May 1967, troops
began to mobilize against Israel. On June 5, Israel led a pre-emptive strike
against Egypt and was able to once again occupy the Gaza Strip as well as
occupying the Sinai Peninsula. Israel appealed to Jordan to not get involved,
however, Jordan did not listen, led a strike against Israel and lost control of
the “West Bank” and the eastern section of Jerusalem. In addition, Israel was
able to capture the Golan Heights from Syria.
To sum this up: In 1967 Israel won back territory
from Egypt and Trans-Jordan and captured the Golan Heights from Syria. It did
not take any territory from the nation of Palestine.
A former terrorist from Jordan, Walid
Shoebat, sums it up like this, “Why is it that on June 4th 1967 I was
a Jordanian and overnight on June 5th I became a ‘Palestinian’?”
Hamas and the PLO both have written in their charters , “the
complete destruction of Israel”.
Could it be that a “Palestinian” state is not the real desire of
the people who have taken the name, “Palestinians”?
Could it be that the real purpose in creating this “man made
people group” is to destroy the nation of Israel? They simply want the entire
land for themselves? Why?
There are 21 distinctly Arab nations and 1 tiny nation for Jewish
people that has Arabs who are full-fledged citizens with the same rights as Jewish
citizens. What is their grievance?
After all these facts are presented why does Chief Palestinian Negotiator
Saeb Erekat really refuse to recognize Israel as a Jewish Homeland?
The sheikh had more harsh words for the "Palestinians," calling them
"the killers of children, the elderly and women" in using them as
human shields in order to falsely accuse the Jews of targeting them. He reports
having seen the same tactic used by "Palestinians" against the
Jordanian army in the 1970s.
