https://youtube/watch?v=aYMviMHH0nc from the movie - in 1857, the british consul, james finn, reported- the country isin a considerable degree empty of inhabitants and therefore its greatest need is that of a body of population charles wyllys elliott president of harvard university wrote in 1867- a beautiful sea lies unbosomed, among the galilean hills in the midst of that land once possessed by zebulon and naphtali, asher and dan. life here was once idyllie... now it is a scene of desolation and misery in 1867, mart twain toured the holy land. this is how he described the land- a desolate country... a sillent mournful expanse... there are two or three small clusters of bedouin tens, but not a single permanent habitation. one may ride ten miles, hereabouts, and not see ten human beings in 1874, revered samuel manning wrote in his bookthose holy fields - but where were the inhabitants ? this fertile plain, which might support an immense population, is almost a solitude.[...] day by day we were to learn afresh the lesson now forced upon us, that the denunciations of ancient prophecy have been fulfilled to the very letter- the land is left void and desolate and whithout inhabitants [jeremiah, ch.44 v.22] ----------------------------------------------------- the arabs were attracted by new employment opportunities provided by the jewish pioneers and the massive arab immigration into the land began the arabs who today call themselves palestinians are the descendants of arabs who illegally flooded british mandatory palestine from arab territories. britain, during its mandate over the territory, turned a blind eye to the flood of illegal arab aliens entering while at the same time limiting jewish immigration into their ancient, biblical and ancestral homeland. the british hope-simpson commission recommended, in 1930, prevention of illicit immigration to stop the illegal arab immigration the governor of the syrian district of hauran, tewfik bey el hurani, admitted in 1934 that in a single period of only a few months over 30,000 syrians from houran had moved to palestine franklin d.roosevelt,president of usa, said in may 17, 1939- the arab immigration to palestine since 1921 was much greater than jewish immigration british prime minister winston churchill and a veteran of the british mandate in the holy land noted in 1939 the arab invasion- the arabs have crowded into the country and multiplied till their population has increased more than even all world jewry could lift up the jewish population zahir muhsein a plo leader in 1977 interview with the dutch newspaper trouw-the palestinians people does not exist. the creation of a palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of israel. in reality there is no difference between jordanians, palestinians, syrians and lebanese. we are all part of one people, the arab nation. only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a palestinian people -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- on 1964 the plo organization removed the star from the jordanian flag and came up with the palestinian flag Inventing the Palestinian people
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