I'm sure you all have friends who are asking questions about who has a rightful country and who are the invading terrorists. You can send them this :
1)Before the modern state of Israel there was the British mandate, Not a Palestinian state.
2) Before the British mandate was the Ottoman Empire, Not a Palestinian state.
3) Before the Ottoman Empire there was the Islamic Mamluk sultanate of Egypt, Not a Palestinian state.
4)Before the Islamic Mamluk sultanate of Egypt there was the Ayyubid dynasty, Not a Palestinian state. Godfrey of Bouillon conquered it in 1099.
5) Before the Ayyubid dynasty there was the Christian kingdom of Jerusalem, Not a Palestinian state.
6) Before the Christian kingdom of Jerusalem there was the Fatimid caliphate, Not a Palestinian state.
7) Before the Fatimid caliphate there was the Byzantine Empire, Not a Palestinian state.
8) Before the Byzantine Empire was the Roman Empire, Not a Palestinian state.
9) Before the Roman empire was the Hasmonean dynasty, Not a Palestinian state.
10)Before the Hasmonean dynasty there was the Seleucid empire, Not a Palestinian state.
11) Before the Seleucid empire there was the empire of Alexander the 3rd of Macedon, Not a Palestinian state.
12) Before Alexander the 3rd of Macedon there was the Persian empire, Not a Palestinian state.
13) Before the Persian empire was the Babylonian empire, Not a Palestinian state.
14) Before the Babylonian empire were the kingdoms of Israel and Judea, Not a Palestinian state.
15) Before the kingdoms of Israel and Judea, there was the kingdom of Israel, Not a Palestinian state.
16) Before the kingdom of Israel there was the theocracy of the 12 tribes of Israel, Not a Palestinian state.
17) Before the theocracy of the 12 tribes of Israel there was the individual state of Canaan, Not a Palestinian state.
In fact, in this corner of the earth, there was everything but a Palestinian state!
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