Gingrich: Palestinians "An Invented Nationality...With An Enormous Desire To Destroy Israel

In an interview with the Jewish Channel, a cable outlet, GOP Candidate Newt Gingrich referred to the 'Palestinians' as an "invented Palestinian people, who are in fact Arabs, and were historically part of the Arab community.":

"I believe that the Jewish people have the right to have a state, and I believe that the commitments that were made at a time," Gingrich said in an interview with Steven I. Weiss. "Remember there was no Palestine as a state. It was part of the Ottoman Empire. And I think that we've had an invented Palestinian people, who are in fact Arabs, and were historically part of the Arab community. And they had a chance to go many places. And for a variety of political reasons we have sustained this war against Israel now since the 1940's, and I think it’s tragic."

"I mean, we have an armed truce with a Palestinian Authority that’s relatively weak. And on its flank is a Hamas authority which may become relatively weak because it can’t deliver anything. But both of which represent an enormous desire to destroy Israel," he said. "Frankly, given their school system and the hatred they teach in their schools, often with money that comes from us through the United Nations, I mean I think there's a lot to think about in terms of how fundamentally you want to change the terms of debate in the region."

Needless to say, the left leaning Politico had Journolista Ben Smith write this and shill for the two state solution, dropping in references to the 'Palestinian' Authority as moderate...but the fact is, Gingrich is historically correct. There never was a separate Arab nationality known as 'Palestinian' until it became a useful tool to demonize Israel.

The term 'Palestinian' originally referred to Jews living in the British Mandate and was never used for Arabs until after 1948. The Jerusalem Post's original name was The Palestine Post, and the 1939 New York World's Fair featured a Palestine exhibition that focused entirely on the Mandate's Jewish inhabitants.

Ben Smith refers to the 'Palestinian Authority' as having 'typically represented the moderate wing of Palestinian leadership'. I suppose that's true if you consider Hamas or Islamic Jihad as the alternative, but the difference is one of tactics rather that the ultimate aim of making Israel disappear, and I'm certain Ben Smith knows that, even if he writes otherwise.

The reality is that Hamas is still preferred by the vast majority of Arabs who identify themselves as 'Palestinians' and that Fatah is on the way out. So is the fiction of the two state solution, although it's useful for people like the EU and the Obama Administration who need a fig leaf to keep funding the War Against The Jews.

(via memeorandum)

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