Re: AC Shaha Alam C'mon Reg...
>> That the Arabs in Israel and the West Bank are somehow the only indigenous people
Indigenous means "typical of the region". Up until the late 19th century the Jewish population of Palestine was less than 5%. The point is not to claim that there were not a few people of various faiths, but to make expressly clear that the Palestinians were long term residents of the region who were removed by force and dispossessed.
>> Jews have been living in the area of Mandatory Palestine for over 3000 years, long before the Arabs
So by your logic because some distant unknown relative might have lived somewhere then gives us the right to dispossess the indigenous population? - so maybe we can all go reclaim the trees in Africa and kick out the current population as we all originated there many thousands of years ago?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
