Imtiaz Mahmood
@ImtiazMadmood
A little history for American Uni 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)
10:27 AM · May 7, 2024
Lawyerforlaws
@lawyer4laws
If you understand History, you would know ..
The Palestinians have always been the Occupiers ...
They never had Autonomous Rule over the land they claim as theirs ...
8:20 AM · May 10, 2024