Re: Guest's 17 Feb 04 - 02:20 PM post - before the Europeans started settling in the region, everyone who lived in Palestine was a Palestinian. That includes Christians and Jews along with the Muslims. And it's not unheard of for Jews to intermarry with the people we call "Palestinians" within Israel and the Occupied Territories today. Do you care whether or not Arafat is related to Jews? Does anyone here care?