The following picture has been making the rounds on facebook and other internet sites:
I'm not sure of the original source, but from the first time I spotted it, I just knew that I had to write about it.
Here we are in the twenty-first century. With computers, internet, smartphones, tablets etc., it's incredibly easy to do research history, find out simple facts, truth. So how has the "Palestinian sic myth" taken such hold. Supposedly educated, intelligent people are convinced that there had been an Arab Palestinian state which was invaded by Jews, the Zionists, and replaced by the State of Israel.
Just like the very cropped version of the picture here which only shows an IDF soldier hitting an Arab on the ground, too many people shorten the title this Land was given by the
League of Nations in July, 1922, British Mandate for Palestine.
The Mandate system was instituted by the League of Nations in the early 20th century to administer
non-self-governing territories*. The mandatory power, appointed by an international body, was to consider the mandated territory a temporary trust and to see to the well-being and advancement of its population.
In July 1922, the League of Nations entrusted Great Britain with the
Mandate for Palestine. Recognizing "the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine," Great Britain was called upon to facilitate the establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine-Eretz Israel (Land of Israel). *
The italics and bold here are mine.
There never, ever was a country called Palestine.
Even on my relatively old and slow computer, it took just seconds to get this information.
It's a good idea to look at this phrase, which I highlighted:
non-self-governing territories
What does that really mean? It means that there was no independent country, no state. Actually, prior to the decision to entrust Great Britain with those territories, to prepare the Jewish population to rule it. The Jewish People had always been present in the Holy Land and were the only people who had self-rule there with thousands of years of history including many kings, judges etc. all recorded in the Bible. That's the same Bible also read and recognized by Christians.
From the destruction of the Second Holy Temple in Jerusalem until the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the Land was held/governed by invaders. Prior to the British Mandate, the
Ottomans (Turks) ruled for four hundred years.
The
Turks ruled Palestine almost uninterruptedly for four hundred years. The only break in their rule was from 1832-1840 when Muhammet Ali, an Egyptian vassal of the Turkish Empire revolted against his patrons and conquered Palestine, Syria and parts of Asia Minor. However, with the assistance of the British and the Russians, the Ottomans regained control of the area. The price of this assistance was various capitulations to foreign governments that increasingly undermined the Turkish domination of the area. By the latter part of the century it was clear that without European assistance, the Ottoman Empire would have collapsed.
The Ottomans never controlled Palestine as a single unit. Instead they divided the immediate and surrounding areas into a number of villayets (districts) whose boundaries altered over the years.
At no point was there ever a "Palestine."
The idea of a "Palestine" was created to sabotage the mandated Jewish State. The lie has taken off and is considered true fact/history by most of the world including the major world leaders such as United States President Barack Hussein Obama, academics, intellectuals and the media, even Jews and in Israel. The name/term "Palestine" was used to designate some land on a map, but there never was an actual people, culture etc. by that name.
We must reveal, publicize the full, complete picture. Only the Jewish People have a national history in this part of the world. It's our Land and nobody else's.
