The wordsSince we are hearing so much in the news lately about Israel and the so-called Palestinians, I thought it might be good to take a little deeper look into things. Some people out there might think the Israelis captured the land from the Palestinians way back when and now the poor Palestinians just want their homeland back. Nothing could be farther from the truth! The Israeli people captured “their own land” back in a six day war with Jordan’s King Hussein, not Yasser Arafat. It seems all these Palestinians then seemed to “discover” their national identity. The truth is, Palestine never existed, nor a known language called Palestinian, nor a distinct Palestinian culture. Palestinians are Arabs.

The first time the name was used was in 70 A.D. when the Romans destroyed the Temple and tried to kill all the Hebrews. From then on the Romans declared the land of Israel would be no more and called it Palestine to rub salt into the wound. The name was taken from the Philistines and we all know who they were. They tried to change the name of Jerusalem to Aelia Capitolina, but that didn’t last very long. So now the Arabs own 99.9 percent of the Middle East, but that’s not good enough for them, they want it “all.” Arafat wants Jerusalem because it’s Holy to the Hebrews! It is not really a historical site for Muslims “as they claim.” The Koran mentions Medina countless times and Mecca hundreds of times, but it only “vaguely” mentions a city Mohammed took a night journey to, that later “some”

Muslims decided was Jerusalem. This is as close as Islam’s connection gets with Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Hebrews can trace their roots to Jerusalem all the way back to Abraham. Arafat does not want the land for his people, afterall, Israel represents one-tenth of one percent of the landmass. What Arafat wants is stated plainly in his Koran, to kill every Jew, and then to kill every Christian. But I think born again believers have a message for this Arch Terrorist, if he thinks he can have what the God of Israel gave to “His people”, then he’s living in never-never land.