No, not the entire "community" and they are not allowed to vote in the UN.
I don't even know with this comment. That's like saying Iran, Venezuela, and Sudan are not real countries because they can't vote in the UN. But anyhow...
No, they have not existed in history. You are the one who is factually inaccurate. There has never been a country or a Palestinian people. There has never been a fully independent, sovereign state of "Palestine."
1. The Romans eventually merged the province of Judea with neighboring regions and renamed it Syria Palaestina after the Jewish-Roman Wars to minimize Jewish identification with the land
True: There has never been an independent sovereign state of Palestine.
False: There has never been a country (of Palestine) or a Palestinian people.
Ignoring all the ancient maps, pictures, and formal documentation for the moment, the evidence rests in your point #1. Everyone who resided in the
Roman province of Judea was called "Judean."
Judea......Judeans.
The province had its own economy and subordinate government. After this
established province was renamed, what were the residents thereby called? Hint: Twasn't Judeans anymore.
The established province changed hands, but the province remained. The people living there weren't fully cleansed from the land. Folks mistakenly assume that when Jews were exiled from
Jerusalem (a city in the province of Judea, renamed Palestine), they were also exiled from the whole land, as if the entire land was just emptied out.
No. Wrong. False. They were exiled from the
city of Jerusalem, from their worship center. They continued to live in the land of Palestine, the established but renamed province.
When the muslims took over, they changed the official language and faith of the province. There were many ethnic Jews, too poor to leave, who
converted to the faith of Islam and continued living on their land, speaking Arabic (in fulfillment of scripture). Of those who didn't convert and who didn't flee, they were required to pay taxes for military protection from foreign threats and to be allowed to still practice their faith in a limited capacity.
Title deeds in hand.
Generations passed, and the remnant who stayed, who were once descendants of ancient Israel, no longer remembered who they were, in fulfillment of scripture. Some identified as Arab Muslims, some identified as Arab Christians.
Zechariah 13:7-9 [brackets mine]
Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd [Christ Crucified], and the sheep will be scattered [diaspora], and I will turn My hand against the little ones [descendants of Israel].
8 And in all the land [Palestine], declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish [destruction of Jerusalem; people cut off from homeland], but a third will be left in it [in Palestine]
9 This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.
Deuteronomy 28:36-37, 49-52 [brackets mine]
The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone. [Kaaba Stone of Mecca]
37 You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you
49 The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
50 ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.
51 They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish.
52 They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.
HalleluYah. Let Yah be true and every person a liar.
So we're treading this lie again which has already been answered. The land was under British control!! The Ottomans lost.
1. By 1947, Jewish individuals and organizations legally owned approximately 6-7% of the total land area of British Mandatory Palestine. A large portion of the remaining land was classified as "state domain" (public land) held by the British administration, while the rest was owned by Arab individuals or communities.
2. In 1947, the United Nations proposed a plan, (two state solution). The Jewish Agency accepted the plan, while the Arab leadership and surrounding Arab states rejected it. (Even though the Jews had been promised a greater piece of their own land)
You can't steal your own land.
Land in control of a greater power doesn't negate title deeds in hand or the existence of the province itself...unless you're attempting to steal that land.
To weaken the Ottomans, Britain made an agreement with Arabs to start a revolt against the Ottoman Empire in exchange for independence (McMahon–Hussein agreement of 1915-1916), which the British later acknowledged included
Palestine (a real province, just not independent). The British later promised Palestine to the Zionists a year later (Declaration from Arthur Balfour to Lord
Rothschild), and argued that Palestine was supposed to be excluded from the original agreement between them and the Arabs.
I don't know what this long response is to my direct, simple comment that the Bible tells us to bless the Jews and pray for peace in Jerusalem. I don't understand why some of you go literally ape over that comment. Is it jealousy or hate? I don't understand it.
One needs to know who the real Israelites are to properly bless them. Scripture tells us who they are because the Almighty's punishments
mark/identify who they are. The Almighty was clear: their punishments will not end
until they turn back to The Almighty with their whole heart, not beforehand (
Deut 30).
Deut 28:46, 30:2-3
These curses will be a sign and a wonder upon you and your descendants forever.
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When you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today, 3 then He will restore you from captivity
So, considering that most Jewish people are atheists, and most Jewish theists openly mock the Messiah, scripture dictates that their punishments should be ongoing, which include:
not remembering they are Israel, worshiping foreign gods (foreign religions like Islam), and living through poverty. But they're not. Jewish people claim to have never forgotten who they are, don't worship a foreign religion like Islam, and are made extremely wealthy (from financial support from all the nations). This disqualifies them as being the true descendants of Israel. The only group that historically fits the region and biblically fits the curses is the Palestinians. And as I said, their current situation fulfills the
feast of tabernacles, as they're relegated to living in tents and temporary shelters.
They're by no means ALL Israel, but they are true Israel, whereas Israelis are liars.
Let Yah be true and every person a liar.
Again, let Yah be true and every person a liar.
