A Palestinian State?
I'm sure you all have friends who are asking questions, 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 there 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 there was the Roman Empire, Not a Palestinian state .
9) Before the Roman Empire there 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 the Empire of Alexander the 3rd of Macedon there was the Persian Empire, Not a Palestinian state .
13) Before the Persian Empire there was the Babylonian Empire, Not a Palestinian state .
14) Before the Babylonian Empire there was 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!