Arabs first started calling themselves "Palestinians" in 1967. Egyptian Arafat was the first leader of this new people.
Before 1948, Jews were known as the Palestinians.
The Jewish newspaper, the Jerusalem Post was called the Palestine Post. The Jewish-founded electric company was Palestine Electric. The Palestinian Symphony Orchestra was all Jewish. During World War II, the British army had a Palestinian Brigade made up entirely of Jewish volunteers.
After Jews miraculously transformed desert and swamps into rich, agricultural land in Jewish Palestine, Arabs came in large numbers from Arab countries for jobs from the Jews.
The fact that the overwhelming majority of Arabs resided only briefly in Palestine is attested to by a one-time special UN decree: that any Arab who had resided in Palestine FOR ONLY TWO YEARS BEFORE 1948, and then left, would be considered a refugee and so would his descendants! |
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