By the time I post this blog, the latest feud which took place in Israel on October 7th will be one year old. Few people are knowledgeable enough of historical facts about Palestine which was controlled by the Ottoman Empire for over 400 years from 1516 to 1918 to appreciate why Israel is standing up for its rights and has an obligation to defend its integrity to deny future barbarisms.
The division of land after being overthrown is important, as it shows why Palestinians are called crybabies that periodically terrorize Israelis and then play the victim card and encourage recently converted pro-Palestinian activists to lash out. Once, you’ve read this article you will realize their complaint is all a farce.
In 1920, the Council of the League of Nations appointed Britain as the Mandatory entrusted with the administration of the Land of Israel. The borders of the land, as a separate country, were defined for the first time in many centuries. Until then, under the Ottoman Empire, the land's boundaries had not been defined because it was part of other large Ottoman districts like the district of Damascus and was not a distinct political unit. The term name "Palestine" that was chosen for this Mandate was based on the term name "Palestina" that was given to the country by the Roman Empire in the second century CE.
As a reminder for those unaware readers, Palestine was called Judaea before the Roman Empire took over the Middle Eastern region. The Romans deposed the ruling Hasmonean dynasty of Judaea (in power from c. 140 BCE) and the Roman Senate declared Herod the Great "King of the Jews" in c. 40 BCE. Judea proper, Samaria and Idumea became the Roman province of Judaea in 6 CE. With such information it is clear to see that Jews were around Palestine hundreds of years before Islamists were even born.
The territory of the British Mandate included land on both sides of the Jordan River, encompassing the present-day countries of Israel and Jordan. About 77% of this Mandate was east of the river Jordan River, and in 1921, Great Britain created there a separate administrative entity called Transjordan.
There is evidence of human activity in Transjordan as early as the Paleolithic period. The area was settled by nomadic tribes in the Bronze Age, which consolidated in small kingdoms during the Iron Age, such as the Ammonites, Moabites and Edomites, with partial areas controlled by the Israelites. In other words, it was a mix race from different ethnic backgrounds; not belonging to Palestinians who as mentioned didn’t even exist as a race then.
There are about three million Palestinians currently living in Jordan. There are no Jewish citizens of Jordan, but there are a small number of Israeli officials and American aid workers in the country. Jordanian law prohibits Jews from owning property or becoming citizens. The expulsion of Jews from Jordan was part of a larger expulsion of Jews that occurred after the establishment of Israel. Since its founding in 1948 many Arab neighboring countries have expelled Jews from their lands.
Israel declared sovereignty after the English fled Palestine because the Arabs in the region were becoming too hostile and were not prepared to make any concession over the remaining 23% of the land. If we compare the terrorist attack of 7th October 2023 it is clear to see the Palestinian Arabs are not able to enter any agreement because they are crybabies and want to call the shots, and that has been the same stance since the 1920s when there were approximately 93,000 Jews living in Palestine.
Israel is fighting for its life to survive another holocaust. It doesn’t help when ignorant people who lack understanding say Israel is committing genocide on innocent Palestinians living in Gaza without any real proof apart from listening to Hamas propaganda which is created to make them seem like the victims. Hamas has been promoting rhetoric and policies aimed at destroying the Jewish state of Israel and killing Jews and Israelis around the world.
When you consider the atrocities committed on October 7th 2023; over 1,200 of the general public slaughtered without any prior warning, heads cut off, individuals burned alive, children massacred in front of their parents’ eyes, and women raped by Hamas aggressors, and then over two-hundred hostages were taken back to Gaza and hidden under the ground in what has been described to be a subway tube network larger the New York’s underground system. Yes, it is plausible that Israel’s IDF would respond hard.
Then to compare the two sides stating that more Palestinians have been killed which isn’t fair in terms of death count seems a surreal response. The invaders were Hamas who are Palestinians. What did they think was going to happen? That Israel would give them a slap on the wrists. Instead, Pro-Palestinians have used the opportunity to use social media to get the sympathy vote from younger generations who in many cases haven’t got a clue about reality and the long-winded affair Jews have had to endure.
It makes me laugh to think how many agreement options over the land have been laid in front of Palestinian leaders, only to be scorned on, as if to say they are the chosen ones, when we all know the Jews are the chosen people!
The truth is Arabs hate Jews and visa-versa. However, Israeli Jews want peace, whereas fanatical Arabs in the region want blood.
Thank God Israel are representing the world to stamp out terrorist organizations!
Take care!
Prof. Carl Boniface
Vocabulary builder:
Feud (n) dispute, hostility, quarrel, argument, grudge, vendetta, strife, row, warfare, battle
Lash out (v) = yell at, shout at, scream at, hit out, go for, lay into, have a go at. Strike out
Farce (n) = travesty, circus, sham, mockery, charade, embarrassment, disgrace, shambles, ridiculous situation
Slaughtered (v) = killed, hammered, crushed, overwhelmed, murdered in cold blood
Scorned on (phrasal verb) = means to treat someone or something with a lack of respect or approval, or to refuse or reject them
The chosen people = the Jewish people, as expressed in the idea that they have been chosen by God as his special people. The term implies that the Jewish people have been chosen by God to worship only him and to fulfill the mission of proclaiming his truth among all the nations of the world.
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