By: Halina

Halina — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:35:34 +0000

I am sick and tired about these sqauables about making Jerusalem a free international city, dividing this holy city in half as capitals of two separate countries and all the claims of so called Palestinians to Jerusalem and having the whole country called Palestine and inhabited by Jews since more than three thousands years for themselves. Palestine was in history ruled by many different nationalities coming and going. There were always quite few Arabs living there, some of them of variety of different Christian denominations, others having many other faiths. In my long life I remember Palestine being under Britsh Mandate, then Brits living not entirely willingly and creation by the Ligue of Nations a legal ovnership of part of this country as a State of Israel. Just the name of this newly created state meant it to be for Israelites the other name used for centuries for Jews wherever they lived, scattered around the world. I have never heard of a nationality “Palestinians” until 1964, where Arabs living in Palestine assumed this name without any leagal process. There were names like Transjordania, or similar and others which I don’t remember, hence some Arabs were called legally Jordanians, but I don’t recall when this state was created. I think it was a kingdom. The king was visiting the 13 camps for the palestinian refugees. The reasons why they relocated themselves to Jordania from places inhabited previously in parts of Palestine under British Mandate is complicated. Why in 1999 over fifty years since
the British Mandate has ceased, living and breeding in Jordan they didn’t use name Jordanians I prefer to live to politicians. As far as I know about one and a half milion of Arabs is living quite comfortable in the Jewish state. Most call themselves Israeli Arabs though not all of them were born in this particular part of the country called Palestine. Noone treat them as refugees.
This is all very complicated. Most of the Arabs of different denominations of Islam are willing tlo visit Mecca and Medina. Couldn’t gthey live Jerusdalem to the Israelites who in the prayers always turn toward Jerusalem and hope to be there in their feast?

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By: Halina