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    From Surreyman@21:1/5 to Keith Willshaw on Thu Nov 2 01:37:15 2023
    On Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 8:04:29 PM UTC, Keith Willshaw wrote:
    On 31/10/2023 18:22, a425couple wrote:
    Why Aren’t the Arabs the ‘Colonizers’?

    https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/10/why-arent-the-arabs-the-colonizers/

    By RICH LOWRY
    October 29, 2023 6:30 AM
    523 Comments
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    A history of conquest and cultural imperialism is ignored.

    Historically they were. Colonisers come and go. Egyptians, Romans, North Africans, the Arabs, Turks, English and French all took their turns.
    When General Allenby entered Jerusalem in 1917 he was displacing the
    Ottoman Turks. In 1940 there was already a substantial jewish group in Haifa.

    Lies, damn lies and statistics.
    The Jewish population of Palestine did not rise above 10% until 1931.
    This does not reflect my opinion on all this one way or t'other, but don't let's misuse facts.

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  • From Ed Stasiak@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 3 08:44:05 2023
    The Horny Goat
    Keith Willshaw

    Historically they were. Colonisers come and go. Egyptians, Romans, North >Africans, the Arabs, Turks, English and French all took their turns.
    When General Allenby entered Jerusalem in 1917 he was displacing the >Ottoman Turks. In 1940 there was already a substantial jewish group in >Haifa.

    Heck in the time of Muhammed there were lots of Jews in Mecca and
    quite a few Arabs in Jerusalem....

    There's a theory that Islam was founded by heretical Jews from Yemen,
    which is why Jerusalem was the original Muslim direction of prayer
    (nowadays, it's towards Mecca).

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