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Thread #140399 Message #3234843
Posted By: Mrrzy
06-Oct-11 - 11:37 AM
Thread Name: BS: Palestine
Subject: RE: BS: Palestine
There can't have been Jews in Palestine from the beginning of history for the very simple reason that they only invented themselves *after* being freed from bondage and deciding to dedicate their lives to the god that they thought freed them, around 3000 years ago. *While* they were in bondage, they were Hebrews. And before *that* even *they* don't know where they were from but assume, quite reasonably, that they were from the same part of the world where the other semites are from - those we now think of as Arabs. So yes, there were semites in Palestine forever, and one tribe, or something, probably called itself Hebrew; but basically, some semites grew up to be Arabs and some of them grew up to be Jews. But to claim the jews were anywhere, let alone in Palestine, more than 3000 years ago is not to know very much about history.