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Salaam Alaikum!
I'm a student of ancient Near Eastern archeology and I have a problem with those individuals who consistantly state that Palestine "never" existed. Unfortunately for them, the ancient Palestinians always lived alongside the Hebrews. They shared similar language, culture, etc. On the flip side, they weren't Hebraic. I think its completely intoxicating to hear that the Palestinians don't have a home. Such is complete nonsense. The myth of a purely exclusive Israel, as Hebrew archeologist Ze'ev Herzog once said, "ain't necessarily so."
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Wow that is interesting!
Can you share more?
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Salaam Alaikum!
Wow-I didn’t realize that people replied to posts that fast, Alhamdulilah!
Well, from my knowledge and study in the field, I (among other student, colleagues, professors, etc.) have come to the conclusion that the “myth” of an exclusive ancient Israel has gone too far. I’m not saying that an ancient Israel never existed, on the contrary. I’m arguing that, since biblical criticism exists and dominates our colloquium, we should use that as a guideline to construct a home for the Palestinians. It seems erroneous for nations (U.S.A., U.K.) to have claimed that the bible cannot be used in the political arena, and then on the same hand uses the bible to construct a home for the Jews and expulse the inhabitants already existing there. Such leaves me baffled, dazed and confused. A good book by a biblical scholar is titled "The Invention of Ancient Israel: The Silencing of Palestinian History" by Keith Whitelam. I don’t necessarily agree with all his conclusions, but this gives a decisive view of how the Israel we picture on the maps and in our history books are far from a historians view. The United States continues to be lead by those individuals who believe whole heartedly in the mythical “Arabic/Muslim anti-Semitism” which intoxicates any future negotiation between the Palestinians and Israelis. I plan to write on this in the near future, insha-Allah. In the mean time, I continue to make dua for our brothers and sisters in Palestine who suffer from the superior hand. I cannot sit too long while the kuffar sits and militates us.
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Grace of God onto you:
I was once a heavy supporter of Israel, but once I did my research, I can only conclude that "something" is rotten in the state of Israel.
The ancient nation of Israel was a nation that I would not at all mind to be part of. It's guiding principle, and bonding of the people were centered entirely around God. Not so today. Much of Israel is not even religious, and its laws are not the 10 Commandments which God specifically layed down as his laws for mankind. Ancient Israel was truly a religious state who's people were free to do as they would within its borders as long as they did not violate God's laws.........not the laws of man who is a imperfect, corruptable creature.
Therefore, a nation that claims to be Israel, yet its people and government do not follow the old doctrine is a falsehood in my opinion. They have also adopted Solomon's Seal(not star of David) as the banner that they rally behind. Any one who does enough research into it would realize that Solomon's Seal was a Luciferic symbol in ancient times and that God forbade using it. Yet, it seems that the Jewish people(religious or no), blindly follow what their Zionist leaders instruct them is "right for Israel".
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I'm sorry PhatMonkey but I couldn't understand what you were saying. Can you explain what you meant? I'm a bit confused.
Sorry!