maineman » 26 Apr 2024, 1:13 pm » wrote: ↑
Interesting. The name Palestine has been associated with that area since the 5th Century BC. Rome renamed its province "Judea" as "Syrian Palestine" in the 2nd Century AD. Hadrian expelled the Jews in 135 AD. And when the Muslims captured Jerusalem in 638 AD only a handful of Jews remained in the region. The Diaspora was so profound and overwhelming that by 1850, the population of Palestine was estimated at 380K with less than 10K (4%) of them being Jews. And with the world population of Jews being around 7 MILLION at that time, I think it is safe to say that one tenth of one percent of the world's population hanging around in Palestine is not sufficient to maintain any sort of legitimate "claim" on the property.
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https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/the-bib ... 3000-years
The Americans, British and Arab states can debate whatever Mideast peace plan they want. But nothing can change this pre-eminent fact: Israel is entitled to the land it has, and has been for over 3,000 years. It says so in the most historically accurate document in history: the Bible.The land of Israel was given by God to the descendants of Abraham. In the Book of Genesis, God appeared to Abraham and said: “I will assign this land to your offspring” (Genesis 15:18-21). In this passage, God made a covenant – an agreement or contract – with Abraham. He repeats this covenant is
eternal and
unconditional throughout the Bible.The medieval scholar and Bible commentator Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki) asked: “Why, if the Torah is a book of laws for the Jewish people, does it begin with the history of creation and the lives of our Jewish forefathers?”Rashi’s answer was that there will be a time when nations will claim the Jews “stole the Land of Israel,” and that the land belongs to others and not them.Rashi explains that the Bible begins with the story of creation first to establish that all the world belongs to God, and only He has the right to apportion it. And according to the stories of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses, God promised the land of Israel to the nation of Israel.