Sunday, October 22, 2023

There Was Never A Palestinian State

Saw this tweet:

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#History of the "Palestinian state":
01. Before Israel there was a British mandate, not a Palestinian state.
02. Before the British mandate, there was the Ottoman Empire, not a Palestinian state.
03. Before the Ottoman Empire, there was the Islamic state of the Mamluks from Egypt, not a Palestinian state.
04. Before the Mamluks of Egypt, there was the Arab-Kurdish Ayyubid Empire, not a Palestinian state.
05. Before the Ayyubid Empire, there was the Frankish and Christian kingdom of Jerusalem, not a Palestinian state.
06. Before the Kingdom of Jerusalem, there was the Umayyad and Fatimid Empire, not a Palestinian state.
07. Before the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, there was the Byzantine Empire, not the Palestinian state.
08. Before the Byzantine Empire, there were the Sasanians, not a Palestinian state. 
09. Before the Sasanian Empire, there was the Byzantine Empire, not the Palestinian state.
10. Before the Byzantine Empire, there was the Roman Empire, not the Palestinian state.
11. Before the Roman Empire there was the Hasmonean state, not the Palestinian state. 
12. Before the Hasmonean state was the Seleucid state, not Palestinian.
13. Before the Seleucid Empire, there was the empire of Alexander the Great, not a Palestinian state.
14. Before the empire of Alexander the Great, there was the Persian empire, not the Palestinian one.
15. Before the Persian Empire was the Babylonian Empire, not a Palestinian state.
16. Before the Babylonian Empire, there were the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, not a Palestinian state. 
17. Before the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, there was the kingdom of Israel, not a Palestinian state.
18. Before the Kingdom of Israel, there was the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, not a Palestinian state.
19. Before the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, there was an accumulation of independent Canaanite city-kingdoms, not a Palestinian state.
In fact, this piece of land had everything, except for a Palestinian state, because there is no such nation!
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History are facts. What can we do about facts? Three things. Accept it, lie about it or misinterpret it.

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