Interesting article on "Palestine"

A pretty good article saying that the idea of a Palestinian state is basically just a ploy in the ongoing efforts to destroy Israel. http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26932

Screed. In a word: Screed.

This "article" is an opinion piece, and not a really very well written one at that.

i took a little time to cruise the WND site, and before their popups jammed the computer, got a feel for where their views are coming... have a hard time lending nuch credibility to the general POV, but bookmarked it all the same for future reference.

On a pesonal note, i was troubled by the line claiming: "The few minor differences that exist between them are like the minor differences that exist between the Welsh, the Scots, and the Londoners. They are still all Britons." that demonstrates to me, at least, that the author has no grasp on the concept of ethnicity. As the son of a Scot, i have a great deal of trouble with being informed that we were "Britons."

Looking into the author's own ethnicity, we see that she -her forebearers at least- hails from The Lebanon... are there not diverse ethnic groups there? Is there arguably a "Lebanese" melting-pot? i think there are Druze and Kurds living in the Levant who would disagree.

For the sake of arguement, no "Palestine" perhaps ever existed as such. It is a label of convenience, for among the population before the foundation of Israel were Arabs -Moslem and Christian alike, Jews, Zoroastrians, B'hais, Greeks, Turks, etc. Be that as it may, they were the inhabitants of the region before the influx of mainly European foreigners (not too different than the Americas with their various ethnically diverse native groups before the arrival of Europeans.)

It can be argued that the arrival and growth of the mainly Western, mainly European "Israelis" DEFINED what "Palestinian" was: the people who lived there before the invasion (a loaded word, for sure, but why mince words?) of these Westerners.

Also interesting to note is the idea expressed WRT nation-states. Syria, Jordan, etc. were also arguably not "nations" until the Colonial European (and before them, the Turks) drew up their boundries. Is the fact that "Palestine" was not afforded the recognition of the colonials, the condescension of their definition of Statehood mean that the existing occupants ought to be deprived of their homeland?

Just some thoughts on a monday morning...