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<span class="header">Was there ever a Palestinian people or a nation called Palestine nation?</span>
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There never was a Palestinian people or a nation called Palestine.
The Arabs invented the term after the fact. The so-called Palestinians
lived mostly in Jordan and Syria. Yasser Arafat, the leader of
the so-called “Palestinians,” is actually an Egyptian!
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Back on March 31, 1977, the Dutch newspaper &quot;Trouw&quot;
published an interview it had with Palestine Liberation Organization
executive committee member Zahir Muhsein. This is what he had
to say:
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&quot;The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of
a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle
against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today
there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians
and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak
today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab
national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct
'Palestinian people' to oppose Zionism.
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For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with
defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while
as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva
and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all
of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine
and Jordan.&quot;
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