[CS-FSLUG] NI: Interesting insight on Gaza pullout

[David Aikema]

On 8/26/05, Fred A. Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 25 August 2005 4:22 pm, David Aikema wrote:
> > On 8/24/05, Fred A. Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:
> > > of Israel. Once again, the Palestinians are NOT a race nor a nation! They
> > > NEVER were. Only in the 20th century did liberals start "drumming" for a
> >
> > What exactly constitutes a nation? If you read any of the academic
> > literature on the topic, there's a lack of consensus as to what
> > exactly a nation is.
> 
> [snip]
> 
> The Palestinians were a rag tag nomad group of Arabs who NEVER had settled any
> land. If the Arab states want them to have their own land, then let THEM give
> it to them, but NOT Israel.

What do you mean by "settled"?  They were living somewhere in the
general vicinity beforehand.  There were certain segments of the land
that did have a majority Jewish population, but at the same time in
Israel/Palestine there were also areas with a majority non-Jewish
population.

David