Rami Livni: Rebranding the left
Talkback
Title:What is a National identity? (1)
Name:Bandar Michaels
City: State:
The Palestinians as a people are distinguished from the Syrians, Lebanese or the Jordanians. The further geographically we move from the Palestinian Homeland, the clearer the cultural difference appears. Nevertheless, from a Historical point of view, it has been proven that most Palestinians and especially those villager and Christian Palestinians are the descendants of the ancient "Canaanites-Israelite" mix flavored in Roman, Arab and Turkish eras.
1- DNA tests and Cohanims prove the Genetic Jewish origins of the Palestinians. DNA testing of ancient skeletons dug from ancient Jewish graves matches that of present Palestinians.
2- Palestinian villages still hold the Biblical names which mean that these villages have been continuously inhabited since biblical times.
3- Palestinian suicide bombing has its roots in the Chapter 13 Judges in the Old Testament "The story of Samson and Dalaila".
4- The tribal connection of some Palestinians to the Arab stock has been proven to be a hoax, since it was and still being made and used for protection and prestige.
5- Hebrew is the language of Canaan, which is the original language of the Palestinian people before their use of Aramaic and Arabic.
6- Isalm was a Jewish revolutionary religion launched by a Christian Jew "Waraqa Ben Nofal" through Mohammad against Western Christianity and Greek Values. It reinforced the believe in one God away from Trinity and the influence of Greek Mythology. Circumcision and abstaining from Pork, and even prayers and cleaning, and Head dressing are identical to Orthodox Judaism.
From the above, it shows that Palestine and Israel, Judaism and Islam inside the territory between the sea and the river are two faces of one coin, and the only thing to help fill the Gap for ultimate unity "between the -one people- separated in time and place for more than 2000 year" is a believe that they are one nationality not two with a constitution that is based on secularism, democracy, equality in rights and duties for everybody. The Hebrew and Palestinian present slang Arabic can be integrated since most ancient Hebrew and Arabic grammar is almost identical, ancient Hebrew vocabulary is available in the Arabic dictionary with minor spelling and pronunciation differences.
Finally, the land is so sentimentally relevant to both "one people" and it can`t be divided, but should be shared.