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The first is quite concise, so I'll post it in its entirety. The second is a looong unrolled X thread. It is much more detailed and comes with lots of maps and graphs, so I'll just provide the link to it.
"Before Israel, there was a British mandate, not a Palestinian state.
-Before the British Mandate, there was the Ottoman Empire, not a Palestinian state.
-Before the Ottoman Empire, there was the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, not a Palestinian state.
-Before the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, there was the Ayubid Empire, not a Palestinian state. Godfrey IV of Boulogne, known as Godfrey de Bouillon, conqueror of Jerusalem in 109.
-Before the Ayubid Empire, there was the Frankish and Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, not a Palestinian state.
-Before the Kingdom of Jerusalem, there was the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, not a Palestinian state.
-Before the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, there was the Byzantine empire, not a Palestinian state.
-Before the Byzantine Empire, there were the Sassanids, not a Palestinian state.
-Before the Sassanid Empire, there was the Byzantine Empire, not a Palestinian state.
-Before the Byzantine Empire, there was the Roman Empire, not a Palestinian state.
-Before the Roman Empire, there was the Hasmonean state, not a Palestinian state.
-Before the Hasmonean state, there was the Seleucid, not a Palestinian state.
-Before the Seleucid Empire, there was the empire of Alexander the Great, not a Palestinian state.
-Before the empire of Alexander the Great, there was the Persian empire, not a Palestinian state.
-Before the Persian Empire, there was the Babylonian Empire, not a Palestinian state.
-Before the Babylonian Empire, there were the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, not a Palestinian state.
-Before the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, there was the Kingdom of Israel, not a Palestinian state.
-Before the kingdom of Israel, there was the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, not a Palestinian state.
-Before the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, there was an agglomeration of independent Canaanite city-kingdoms, not a Palestinian statehood.
Actually, in this piece of land, there has been everything, EXCEPT A PALESTINIAN STATE!"
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Goodness gracious. Your posts tickle me pink (pun intended).
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Thank you.
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wow, just, wow.... talk about a deeeeep dive....
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I don't have time to read pages and pages of some so-called history "expert" droning on, plus, nobody ever understands a word you say.
Just cut to the chase. When exactly was the Palestinian state?
Just give us a date, one that's easy to remember, like "1492".
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(Cereally, though: this was really good!)
[TAGS: In parodiam vindicatus sum. (In parody, I am avenged).]
GPentelie, this Savage Wit is not directed at you. You are one of us innocent "so-called 'intellectuals'".
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History is too hard for leftists. Yesterday I saw a video of some pro-Hamas American leftist calling Jewish protesters "Nazis." Historically ignorant idiot.
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