A little history for American University students wanting to 'restore Palestine'.

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mtiaz Mahmood

@ImtiazMadmood

 

A little history for American University students wanting to 'restore Palestine'. 

 

1. Before Israel, there was a British mandate, not a Palestinian state. 

 

2. Before the British Mandate, there was the Ottoman Empire, not a Palestinian state.

 

3. Before the Ottoman Empire, there was the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, not a Palestinian state. 

 

4. Before the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, there was the Ayubid Arab-Kurdish Empire, not a Palestinian state.

 

5. Before the Ayubid Empire, there was the Frankish and Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, not a Palestinian state. 

 

6. Before the Kingdom of Jerusalem, there was the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, not a Palestinian state. 7. Before the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, there was the Byzantine Empire, not a Palestinian state. 

 

8. Before the Byzantine Empire, there were the Sassanids, not a Palestinian state. 

 

9. Before the Sassanid Empire, there was the Byzantine Empire, not a Palestinian state. 

 

10. Before the Byzantine Empire, there was the Roman Empire, not a Palestinian state. 

 

11. Before the Roman Empire, there was the Hasmonean state, not a Palestinian state. 

 

12. Before the Hasmonean state, there was the Seleucid, not a Palestinian state. 

 

13. Before the Seleucid empire, there was the empire of Alexander the Great, not a Palestinian state. 

 

14. Before the empire of Alexander the Great, there was the Persian empire, not a Palestinian state. 

 

15. Before the Persian Empire, there was the Babylonian Empire, not a Palestinian state. 

 

16. Before the Babylonian Empire, there were the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, not a Palestinian state. 

 

17. Before the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, there was the Kingdom of Israel, not a Palestinian state. 

 

18. Before the kingdom of Israel, there was the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, not a Palestinian state. 

 

19. Before the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, there was an agglomeration of independent Canaanite city-kingdoms, not a Palestinian state.

 

 (The Kingdom of David - historic map for those wondering how the region looked over 2000 years ago, and how deep the roots of the Jewish people run in these lands)