If I were a Palestinian...

[ManusJustus]

Slimebeast said:

ManusJustus said:

My original thought was correct.  The Palestinians are the decended people of the Philistines and have lived in the region for millenia.  Its true that would make Jews descendants of Philistines (we are all related anyway), but many Jews living in Israel are European Jews.  Not that thats a bad thing, but it means they have less connectivity with Palestine and, as far as wanting to give hereditary rights to land is concerned, belong more to Europe or Khazak (first non-Israel Jewish state which is in modern Russia, why so many Jews lived in Eastern Europe).

That's a myth. I heard that myth told many times by Arabs and anti-semites because they want to degrade the original Jewish heritage.

And Palestinians being descendants to the Philistines is just a pathetic claim. Sorry, but the Jews came to Palestine long before the Arabs. Israel belongs to the Jews.

I do apologize because I got the name wrong, its Khazar not Khazak.

Its not a myth, its historical fact.  Khazar was a country in modern day Russia and the state religion was Judaism.  There is a ton of sources about the Khazars, and they said they were Jews, their coins said they were Jews, their neigbors said they were Jews, and so forth.

I've never heard anybody doubt the existence of Khazar before because of religious motives.

"Sorry, but the Jews came to Palestine long before the Arabs. Israel belongs to the Jews."

Maybe we should give Palestine to the Canaanites since they were there before the Jews.  What you, and many others, dont understand is that Palestine hasnt been erased of people and its emptiness replaces by others for centuries, the same people who have lived there all along have changed cultures, religions, language, and so forth but they are the same people.