Gingrich: Palestinian People invented

 Newt Gingrich, in an interview with The Jewish Channel, denied the Palestinian narrative.  Washington Post has a transcript of the interview, which is more complex than the single sound byte which is drawing intense criticism.  The full quote is found on the third page of the transcript. I added bold italic emphasis to the part cited in the media.

Newt - Well, I believe that the Jewish people have the right to have a state, and I believe that the commitments that were made at a time…remember there was no Palestine as a state. It was part of the Ottoman Empire. And I think that we’ve had an invented Palestinian people, who are in fact Arabs, and were historically part of the Arab community. And they had a chance to go many places. And for a variety of political reasons we have sustained this war against Israel now since the 1940’s, and I think it’s tragic.

invented Palestinian people

    Everyone who has read the Bible knows that Jerusalem was King David's capital city and that his son Solomon constructed the Temple on the Temple Mount, hundreds of years before Christ. We know that there was a Babylonian captivity, return and rebuilding.  During the lifetime of Muhammad, Israel was occupied by the Roman Empire. 

     We also know that Joseph took Mary on his trip to Bethlehem of Judea to pay his Roman taxes.  If Bethlehem was in Palestine, why was that area called Judea? 

    In 638, six years after Moe's death, Umar conquered and occupied the Roman Province of Syria.  Instead of giving the land back to its rightful owners, he occupied and oppressed them.

    The Romans renamed the area "Philistia" after suppressing a revolt. The place and people remained the same: Jews living in Judea.  Jews, not Arabs, are indigenous to Israel. 

Palestine

    I have a few questions for the omniscient experts who "know" that "Palestinians" are indigenous to "Palestine" and deserve to have a state carved out of Israel because they had a nation there. 

1. When and where did the nation of "Palestine" exist?
2. What was its capital city?
3. Who was its ruler?
4. What was its currency?
5. What was its religion?
6. What distinguishes "Palestinians" from the mill run of Arabs?

WW1

    The Ottoman Empire allied with the Axis Powers and lost. Britain was given a mandate to recreate a Jewish state. We have all heard of "next year in Jerusalem", but where were the demands for restoration of "Palestine"? 

WW2

    Britain gave 75% of Israel's land to Trans-Jordan. Where were the demands for establishing a "Palestinian" state?  The UN came up with a partition plan, which the Muslims rejected. They chose war instead of a state. Egypt illegally seized Gaza and Jordan illegally seized Judea & Samaria.  Where were the demands for restoration of "Palestine".

1967

    The Muslims attacked again and lost. In the process, Israel regained Judea & Samaria. Now the kvetching which began in 1964 increased in volume and intensity.  Who will explain why there were no loud demands for "Palestinian independence" prior to '64 when Arab dictatorships held the territories?

The Big Lie

    One crucial quote from a newspaper interview, reproduced by WND, lets the snake out of the bag: "Palestinian people" is a political fabulism!

Way back on March 31, 1977, the Dutch newspaper Trouw published an interview with Palestine Liberation Organization executive committee member Zahir Muhsein. Here's what he said:

The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct "Palestinian people" to oppose Zionism.

For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan.

    Compare the two statements:

• I think that we’ve had an invented Palestinian people, who are in fact Arabs, and were historically part of the Arab community
• The Palestinian people does not exist...there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians ... will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan

A member of the PLO executive  committee revealed the fatal fact in 1977: "Palestine" is bogus.   How then  can you criticize Newt for restating the obvious truth?  Terms such as  "racist" & "reckless" are bandied about without merit. 

Two state solution

    Two states: Israel & Jordan. There is no need for another state. We have learned what we should have known all along: the "Palestinian people" are a political fabulism.  Israel is Palestine. Palestine is Israel. Palestinians are Jews. 

Peace

    In a pig's anus!  There is no "peace process". There is no peace and there never will be; Muslims will never tolerate Israel, for one simple reason which nobody wants to admit. Jew hatred is intrinsic to Islam.

• 1:7. The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace, not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger (such as the Jews), nor of those who went astray (such as the Christians).  
• 2:161. Verily, those who disbelieve, and die while they are disbelievers, it is they on whom is the Curse of Allâh and of the angels and of mankind, combined.
• 5:60. Say (O Muhammad  to the people of the Scripture): "Shall I inform you of something worse than that, regarding the recompense from Allâh: those (Jews) who incurred the Curse of Allâh and His Wrath, those of whom (some) He transformed into monkeys and swines, those who worshipped Tâghût (false deities); such are worse in rank (on the Day of Resurrection in the Hell­fire), and far more astray from the Right Path (in the life of this world)."
• 5:82. Verily, you will find the strongest among men in enmity to the believers (Muslims) the Jews and those who are Al-Mushrikûn (see V.2:105), and you will find the nearest in love to the believers (Muslims) those who say: "We are Christians." That is because amongst them are priests and monks, and they are not proud. 
• 7:167. And (remember) when your Lord declared that He would certainly keep on sending against them (i.e. the Jews), till the Day of Resurrection, those who would afflict them with a humiliating torment. Verily, your Lord is Quick in Retribution (for the disobedient, wicked) and certainly He is Oft­Forgiving, Most Merciful (for the obedient and those who beg Allâh's Forgiveness).
• 9:30. And the Jews say: 'Uzair (Ezra) is the son of Allâh, and the Christians say: Messiah is the son of Allâh. That is a saying from their mouths. They imitate the saying of the disbelievers of old. Allâh's Curse be on them, how they are deluded away from the truth! 
• 98:6. Verily, those who disbelieve (in the religion of Islâm, the Qur'ân and Prophet Muhammad ()) from among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) and Al-Mushrikûn will abide in the Fire of Hell. They are the worst of creatures.
• Sahih Bukhari Volume 4, Book 53, Number 392:

  Narrated Abu Huraira:

  While we were in the Mosque, the Prophet came out and said, "Let us go to the Jews" We went out till we reached Bait-ul-Midras. He said to them, "If you embrace Islam, you will be safe. You should know that the earth belongs to Allah and His Apostle, and I want to expel you from this land. So, if anyone amongst you owns some property, he is permitted to sell it, otherwise you should know that the Earth belongs to Allah and His Apostle." 

• Sunan  Abu Dawud 14.2477
  Narrated Ibn Hawalah:

      The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: It will turn out that you will be armed troops, one is Syria, one in the Yemen and one in Iraq. Ibn Hawalah said: Choose for me, Apostle of Allah, if I reach that time. He replied: Go to Syria, for it is Allah's chosen land, to which his best servants will be gathered but if you are unwilling, go to your Yemen, and draw water from your tanks, for Allah has on my account taken special charge of Syria and its people.

    Moe invested many words inculcating hatred of Jews but one hadith stands out above the rest, collected by Bukhari and Muslim, this says it all. 

• Sahih Bukhari Volume 4, Book 52, Number 177:
      Narrated Abu Huraira:

      Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. "O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him."

Muslims can not enter the Celestial Bordello until they hunt down and murder the last Jew.  This is a clue for you. 

clues for the clueless

    The Arab culture is shame/honor based, which explains why they murder their daughters who are suspected of fornication.  For Muslims, there is an even greater shame: being shown up as believing in a false idol.  Allah promised them world domination: gradual, irreversible accretion of land through conquest.   Allah promised that an army of faithful believers could defeat an army twice as large. 

    They will never tolerate the existence of Israel because Israel proves the falsity of those promises, demonstrating the fact that Allah is an impotent idol.

• 8:66. Now Allâh has lightened your (task), for He knows that there is weakness in you. So if there are of you a hundred steadfast persons, they shall overcome two hundred, and if there are a thousand of you, they shall overcome two thousand with the Leave of Allâh. And Allâh is with As-Sâbirin (the patient ones, etc.). 
• 13:41. See they not that We gradually reduce the land (of disbelievers, by giving it to the believers, in war victories) from its outlying borders. And Allâh judges, there is none to put back His Judgement and He is Swift at reckoning. 

    Newt said something which is factually true. Falestinians, the Arab League and treacherous politicians accuse him of "racism"  and "inciting terrorism".  The critics cherry picked one sentence from an extensive interview in which vital national security concepts are discussed.  I hope that you will use the link to the Washington Post and read the entire interview.

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Why I Will Not Support Newt Gingrich

The ex Speaker of the House exposed his hypocrisy in an article at Human Events. I thank my friend theway2k for posting a link to the Gingrich screed in
Who is at War with America?

On Terrorism it's Time to Know, to Profile, and to Discriminate by Newt Gingrich 12/30/2009

We know our opponents are radical extremists of the irreconcilable wing of Islam (Islamists, some would call them).

We know they have an ideology which is anti-female, desires to impose fundamentalist Sharia as a form of law, is hostile to other religions and is prepared to kill the innocent to achieve their goals.

Like G.W. Bush, John McCain, Hillary Clinton & Barack Obama, Newt knows something that is untrue. Our opponent is Islam. Islam's canon of scripture, tradition & jurisprudence contains demonic injunctions to make war upon disbelievers. Islamic aggression flows directly from its scripture, tradition & jurisprudence. Islam is fundamentally and irreversibly incompatible with liberty & democracy.

Islam is paternalistic & misogynistic by design. Global imposition of Shari'ah is part of the grand design, not an innovation. Islam is not just hostile to Judaism, Christianity & Zoroastrianism, it is engaged in perpetual warfare against them.


Newt's article included seven thematic headings which deserve some attention.

• Our Politically Correct Government is Making Life More Miserable For the Innocent

It is true, p.c. policy imposes a great burden on innocent travelers and puts them at risk.

• It’s Time to Be Honest About What We Know

Really, its long overdue. But the quotes included above indicate that Newt is part of the problem, not part of the solution.

• Protecting the Rights of Terrorists Has Been More Important than Protecting the Lives of Americans

While that statement appears strident at first glance, it is an understatement. Three thousand lives might have been saved if the investigators had properly inspected the contents of one terrorist's computer. We need to scan, interrogate and search Muslims, not innocent citizens. Careful background checks are needed to identify them well in advance.

• The United States Must Actively Root Out Every Terrorist Website

I don't believe it is possible to root them out, and I am not convinced that it is desirable. As soon as one is pulled down, they'll replace it with another. Those sites can serve as a source of actionable intelligence if properly exploited.

• We Need a “Grand National Strategy” That is Bigger Than the Debate Over Afghanistan

We needed a strategy eight years ago. We needed to honestly identify the enemy first. That need has not been met yet.

• The New Honesty Should End Any Thought of a Civilian Trial in New York for KSM

If there was any new honesty, it would come too late to derail that trial. But there is no new honesty, and it is unlikely that there ever will be official honesty concerning Islam and terrorism.

• We Need a New Homeland Security Secretary Who Knows We Need a New Strategy

That is a grand statement of the obvious. But we also need a Commander In Chief with the same knowledge. Newt Gingrich has identified a real need: official honesty in identifying and characterizing the enemy. But instead of promoting it, he has continued the politically correct practice of implying that mythical 'radical extremists' are the cause of terrorism.

In reality, believers of orthodox Islamic doctrine are responsible for terrorism. The Qur'an commands Jihad imperatives which require perpetual war. Those imperatives are in 8:39, 8:60, 9:29 & 9:123. Those imperatives are confirmed by hadith including Sahih Bukhari 1.8.387. Those imperatives are codified into Islamic law in Reliance of the Traveler O9.8 & O9.9. Terrorism is sanctified in 3:151, commanded in 8:12, exemplified in 33:26 and confirmed in Sahih Bukhari 4.52.220. The new honesty Newt calls for involves acknowledging the fatal fact documented in this paragraph. It is extremely unlikely that any candidate for high office will fully engage in such honesty.

Any politician who publicly identifies Islam as the source of Islamic terrorism and genocidal Jihad will be labeled racist & bigot. Which one of them has the SISU required to state the facts and pound home the proof? Who can withstand the Islamic & Democrat Party propaganda mills and mainstream media? We have two years in which to find such a hero. It appears that Newt is not the one. Sarah Palin has already proved herself too p.c. My bet is on Tom Tancredo.

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