Are Palestinians really an 'indigenous' people in the Middle East?

Question

Are Palestinians really an 'indigenous' people in the Middle East?

Answer 1

History 101 teaches Israel is the Mother of terrorism within the middle east; it was Menachem Begin, the former Israeli Prime Minister, whom was a member of the Terrorist organization "Irgun". The Irgun set off a bomb in Jeruselem in 1946 at the King David hotel killing 93.

This is fact.

The U.S. supported Israel as a state in 1947 under the Balfour declaration. Israel declared it's state without Palestinian vote and the UN supported Israel after Israel declared "independance".

Israel deported. en-mass, Palestinians to the Negev desert while Jewish "Israeli's took the fertile coastlands.

The U.S. supported all of this.

This is also fact.

Palestine existed as a state prior to British mandate division during WW2. Please check the maps of that era.

Palestinians have been "displaced" by a group of Jews whom where displaced by the n**i's.

Why is it that the Jews have No empathy for a stateless people ?

Accusing one of being Anti Semetic is like using the N word in Church; it makes one cringe and back off for fear of "offending" the other. Jews have used this Trump Card far too long as it keeps Israel, in the eyes of the World "The Victim".

The U.S. and U.N. do nothing with Israel, Despite Israeli spies stealing U.S. NUCLEAR secrets, Israel has Not been Inspected by the U.S. for "Weapons of mass destruction" and why so?

Israel is the powder keg set to go off as they have the means and attitude to do so. Like a spoiled brat, Israel enjoys the Big Brother, the U.S. coming to it's military and financial aid with regular consistency.

When Israel is held accoujntable as Arab States are, Peace will be at hand.

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just because the Muslims share a religion does not make them THE SAME by any means.

If everyone went back the ''the land were their Ancestors lived 4000 years ago'' the World would be a mad house.

the palestinians are not the same as the saudi arabians are not the same as the morrocans are not the same as the iranians.

so when the palestinians got forced out of THEIR country, THEIR land, THEIR homes, they didn't have places to go. The Palestinians belong to a land called Palestine not Jordan or Lebanon or anywhere else.

It isn't fair to them.

how would americans feel if all the muslims decided to push Americans out because God promised it to them? obviously America has a strong military and government so it probably wouldn't work. but it's the same idea.

Answer 2

Philistines--ancient Palestinians--were a tribe that settled into the Fertile Crescent from the desert of Saudi Arabia. So...yeah.

Answer 3

Amazing that of all the answers that you have received, none of them even got close. First the definition of "indigenous" is originating in a particular area or land. Under this definition the Palestinians are transplants to the Middle East as they are from the West originally. It is believed that the Palestinians originally came from Crete (during the migration of the "Sea Peoples") and other islands in the Mediterranean Sea. Archaeologists have excavated many areas around Israel and there are no traces of the Palestinians before the twelfth century B.C. In fact all historical evidence points to the Israelites being in Canaan (meaning "land of purple") long before the Palestinians. It is like me saying that I am indigenous to North America because my family has been here since the sixteen hundreds when actually my family is indigenous to the British Islands. Hope this helps....If you would like to read more of my writing, please go to....

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Answer 4

Yes..My father 'Palestinian' was born in a village very close to Tel Aviv in 1946...This was 2 years before the declaration of the "State of Israel"...At that time they will forced to leave to other parts of Palestine and finally in 1967 they were expelled to Jordan.

More info in the References below :)

One reference is from UN about palestinian refugees,

The other about villages that the Israeli occupation destroyed

Answer 5

Good question which got me to do some reading. The answer is yes, in a way. The Palestinians are a mixture of various peoples that have been in this area for thousands of years. I found it interesting that many of them are descendants of Jews who became Christians(some still are) and then around 1300AD became Muslim. Of course, the Jews can make the same claim   about having indigenous ancestors from this region. However, many Jews have varying percentages of European ancestral genes mixed with their "indigenous" Middle Eastern genes.

Answer 6

yes,if not then tell me in which part of the world,mixing up of different populations and cultures not taken place,and tell the name of any group whom we can define "perfectly" the indigineous population of any nation.

Answer 7

Semite is a term derived from the adjective Semitic, used originally to describe languages of what we now call the Middle East. Semitic has been used to refer to people in the last couple hundred years.

Everybody in what we call the Middle East is Semitic, so, Jews, Arabs and yes, Palestinian are all Semitic peoples.

Funny how they try and succeed at killing each other while remaining ignorant of their common heritage. We can obviously blame ignorance and religion (but I repeat myself) for this ongoing tragedy.

Yes, they are just another geographical division of the entire group of Semites. These were probably ther first modern peoples to enter the area; this was, of course, before language and what we euphemistically call...civilization.

Answer 8

Seems like it since they've been feuding with Israel for centuries but not really.  These days, the Palestinians are fighting a losing battle because the U.S. backs Israel.  Other Muslim and Christian nations of course, are backing the Palestinians which means they are considered fellow Arabs and not indigenous in that region.  I guess, you would have to ask an Arab or a Jew their opinion on the whole issue.  It's strange because both Muslim and Christian Arabs seem to hate the Jews, yet the mostly Christian US sides with the Jews?  Makes no sense.  Then again, religion makes no sense.  Contradicts itself every time.

Answer 9

no they are Arabs

Arabs are from the Arabian peninsula

they have come to the Jewish home land and the Jews have come home

time for them to leave

you can read the history of the Jews in the old testament, no Palestinians, no Arabs