False and True

1. False and True in the Conflict in the Holy Land How to Transform an Unsolvable Conflict into a Lasting and Just Peace?

2. The Palestinians Are an Arab People! This declaration is taken for granted But is it true? Let us divide the question in two. The first question: Are the Palestinians a separate people? OR How and when did a Palestinian people emerge? What is true and what is false in this context

3. Arab Propaganda before 1967 Until 1967 the Arabs spoke openly of “The Final Solution” Arab declarations on the radio were direct and simple: “Throw the Jews into the sea” “The men into the sea, the women for us” The world remained silent, but this approach failed to gain support in the West.

4. The PLO was founded in 1964 in Cairo by Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nasser before the 1967 Israeli ‘occupation’ • The organization was not labeled a “Palestinian leadership”. • The objective was not to work for the benefit of a Palestinian ‘people’. • The objective was pan-Arab - as the name indicates: to liberate the land upon which Israel had been established. • No one thought to elect authentic leaders for the PLO from among the inhabitants of this land, or from greater Palestine. • Arab activists with partial ties to Palestine, trouble-makers, were elected as chairmen, to making troubles to the Jews. This approach was in line with the Pre 1967 Arab propaganda The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

5. Who Are the Fathers of the Palestinian ‘People’? The PLO’s heads – the alleged Founding Fathers of the “people”, were appointed from the outside: • Akhmad Shukairy: born in Lebanon to an expelled Palestinian father and a Turkish mother. Lived in Palestine until 1948, than fled to Lebanon, served as an Ambassador to the UN for Syria, for Saudia, and for the Arab League. Lost his position as the PLO chairman due to his extremespeeches that dragged the Arabs into the 1967 defeat. • Yasser Arafat: born in 1927 in Cairo to a Moroccan father and a Palestinian mother. Was expelled from Egypt to Kuwait due to his involvement in the Moslem Brotherhood. Replaced Shukairy as head of the PLO. Moved to Jordan,expelled to Lebanon and to Tunis.

6. The Turnabout in the Arab Propaganda • After the 1967 War tiny Israel won admiration and defendable borders. • up until 1967, the Arabs only excuse for attacking Israel were the 1948 refugees. • the Arabs realized that Israel would be defeated only through use of cunning. • Due to the new circumstances where Israel’s controlled most of the Palestinians, • The Arabs invented the Palestinian “People” to maneuver the delicate Western sensibilities. The significance: The Arab new message, about the right of the wretched Palestinian ‘People’ to their own state, serves as a counterweight to the rights of the now strong Jews.

7. Role Reversal to Forge a New Reality From the ‘word factories’ of Arab propaganda: The Israeli David facing the Arab Goliath was exchanged by the sophisticated lie of: The Israeli Goliathoppressing the Palestinian David ..and the world swallowed this fabrication!!

8. But what did the PLO founder say? Akhmad Shukairy, the first chairman of the PLO, declared in 1956, to the United Nations General Assembly, while serving as the Arab League’s delegate to the UN: "There is no such thing as Palestine, this land is nothing but the southern part of Greater Syria"… The very same Akhmad Shukairy – none other, in 1964 became the first secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

9. Even the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said in 1970, simply and sincerely, (even after the change of tactics): “The question of borders doesn't interest us… From the Arab standpoint, we mustn't talk about borders. Palestine is nothing but a drop in an enormous ocean. Our nation is the Arabic nation that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea and beyond it…” And Appointed Heir Yasser Arafat:

10. President Hafez Assad & King Hussein Even later – in 1974, the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad declared: “It would be good and proper that we remind Israeli authorities that we view Palestine not only as an indivisible part of the Arab nation, but part of southern Syria.” In 1987, Assad repeated, at a conference in Amman: “A country named Palestine never existed.” The late King Hussein of Jordan replied: “The emergence of a Palestinian national entity was a response to Israel’s claim that Palestine is Jewish.” In September 1993, Assad in an interview to an Egyptian newspaper: “When I speak of Palestine, I view it as part of Syria.”

11. The crown jewel – in 1977, the head of A-Saika & PLO member, said to Trouw Dutch newspaper Zohair Mukhsain: • 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… • 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. • For tactical reason Jordan, which is a sovereign sate with defined borders cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian I can demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. • However, the moment we reclaim our rights to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan

12. To summarize the answer to the first question (founded solely on the words of Arab leaders!) Yasser Arafat when still in Jordan, reveals the truth to Italian journalist Arianna Palachi: The PLO fights Israel in the name of pan-Arabism. What you call “Trans-Jordan” is nothing but Palestine. In light of the above, it is not surprising that Arafat rejected every compromise that stopped short of the elimination of Israel! In other words: the terror struggle is not on behalf of the Palestinians, rather it is carried out at their expense!!!

13. So then - Who are the Palestinians? • There is a population called Palestinians in the Holy Land, whose part lacks any citizenship. • This population has suffered and has been deprived for many years. • This population has lately become the victim of the struggles of radical Islam. • One cannot ignore these facts, and a just solution to this situation must be found. To find a solution, the key question is the second question: Are the Palestinians, indeed, Arabs?

14. Conclusions of primary Leaders of Zionism • Belkind: The Arabs of Eretz-Israelare blood brothers of the Jews • Borochov: The Arab peasantry (Fellahin) of Eretz-Israel are offspring of the remnants of Hebrew farmers in antiquity. • Ben-Gurion: The majority of the peasantry and their offspring in Eretz-Israel…undoubtedly have a lot of Jewish blood in their veins, [from] those simple Jewish farming folk who chose due to hard times chose to deny their religion to prevent being uprooted from their soil. • Ben-Zvi: Anthropological studies on the Jewish origin of the Palestinians

15. Genetic StudiesIndependent, on proximity of Jews & Palestinians • Relatively old study on blood groups, enzymes & antigens. • 1990s sickle-cell anemia study • Studies on the Y chromosome published in 2000(82% of the Palestinians are very close to the Jews!) • Immune system research published on 2000 • Study on DNA from Embryo Mitochondria • Hereditary deafness research (exclusive to the 2 sides!)

16. Customs, Names and Testimony (Already discovered among 50% of the Palestinians) • Sabbath and Hanukah candles,Tashlich, Yom Kippur, burial, mourning, circumcising, butchering, divorcing, 7 agricaltural species,Thfilin, hafrasht Khala, Bedouin Judgement, signs of mezuzahs, synagogues, menorah, books and Magen David. • Jewish family names • Village names that have not been changed – evidence of continuity of population • The word ‘kufur’ in names of ‘Arab’ villages is not Arabic • The name Yahud el-Arab given to the Palestinians • Testimony of Bedouin, Palestinian villagers and in towns in the West Bank, the Galilee, Wadi Ara, Gaza, Hebron, Nablus, Lod and more • Palestinian leaders’ claims that “they and the Jews are ‘one people’ (King Feisal, Anton Atallah), ‘sons of the prophet Samuel’ (Arafat), descendents of the Early Christians (Ashrawi), non-Arabs (historians, Arafat)

17. Historio-Geographic Research Differentiations between two parts of the Holy Land: mountainous regions & lowlands The Holy Land as a ‘land bridge’ – major crossroad Exposed to frequent penetration from beyond the borders Most penetration concentrated in the coastal region Population exchange in the coastal region

18. The Geographic-Demographic Dimension • Differentiation between two types of movement of peoples: The movement of colonizing peoples vs. imperialistic peoples • Settlement movements – popular settlement – colonization • Imperialist movements – regime change, not population changes

19. The Israelite Settlement in the mountain Country (~1200 BCE) Only the Canaanites, the Philistines and the Israelites were colonizing peoples. Only the Israelites settled in the mountainous regions. Canaanites and Philistines settled only in the lowlands. All other peoples: Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Crusaders, Turks and British – were movements of imperialistic peoples.

20. Settlement in Eretz-Israel on the Eve of Zionist Settlement (1860 CE) In the Muslim Period (from the 7th to the 19th Century) primarily the lowlands were depopulated. The population that survived was primarily in the mountain regions. As a result: The first Zionists encountered a country that was largely a wasteland in the lowlands compared to populated areas in the mountainous regions. The conclusion: Most of the longtime population (75%) is in the mountainous regions and is of Israelite descent.

21. Settlement in the Holy Land in Modern Times Movement of people in the 19th & 20th centuries was primarily in the lowlands. Parallel to Zionist settlement, there was influx of foreigners from Arab countries. The violent confrontation between the sides was primarily in the lowlands. The inhabitants of the mountain regions were for the most part ‘outside the arena’. Result: Most foreigners fled from the lowlands & created the refugee problem. The Palestinian population that remained in the Holy Land was for the most part Descendents of the People of Israel (65%-85%) mainly dwellers of the mountainous regions.

22. The Roots - A Demographic Survey of the History of the Holy Land The People of Israel 2000 years ago (in millions) • 5.5 (M) Jews in Eretz-Israel. • Samaritans: Israelites in Samaria – 0.9 • Others: 0.2 small nations (Phoenicians, Philistines, Canaanites) and Romans • The People of Israel in the Holy land: a 97% majority The damages of the Revolts against the Romans (135 CE) • 1 (M) Jews remained, 0.3 Samaritans • The People of Israel were Only 46% of the population • Change of the name of the country from Judea to Palestina!!!

23. The Arab Conquest (640 CE) • Came after depopulation following the wars between the Parthians and the Byzantines • There was no Arab settlement in the Holy Land • People of Israel 34% – lowest in history • During the first 400 years of Arab rule, only a small percentage accepted Islam. The Key Point - the al-Hakem Edict (1012) • Prohibition of non-Muslims to remain in the Holy Land • Most Christians leave • Most of the People of Israel become Musta’arbim • People of Israel (670,000) again becomes the vast majority (73%)

24. 1914 - West of the Jordan Only • People of Israel among non-Jews: 74% • Local Descendants of Israel reside in the Hill Country, far distant from most Jews • Descendants of Israel that moved from the east feel threatened they will have to move again due to the influx of the Jews • They engage in terrorism against Jews Up to 1948 – Prior to the Flight • Influx of many Jews • Influx of Arab and Druze immigrants • People of Israel among non-Jews drops to 62% 1949 – After the Flight • Most of the flight (75%) – not initiated by Israel • Most of those fleeing – Desc. of Israel from the east • Arab refugees remained in West Bank & Gaza awaiting next war • People of Israel among the non-Jews: 55%

25. 1967 • Flight of many Arabs from the West Bank. • People of Israel rises to 71% • By the close of 2008 • Emigration of most Arabs – gave up hope of defeating Israel (after 1967 & 1973 wars) • The number of Palestinians inflated by 2 millions • Genuine number of Palestinians, including Israeli ‘Arabs’: 3.2 million (5.6 million Jews) • Desc. of Israel – 2,750,000, Arabs - 90,000 • Desc. of Israel among the Palestinians – 89.5% • Most of the Palestinian refugees are foreign to land west of the Jordan

26. The Finding is Supported from 7 directions • Genetic, based on various studies (82%); • Religious behavior, based on Palestinians customs related to religious practice (Ben-Zvi and others); • Linguistic and nomenclature, Arabic dialect, names of villages and families (Condor, Ben-Zvi); • Palestinian traditions, according to testimony, claims and narratives of many Palestinians as to their origins (Ben-Zvi and many others); • Historio-Geographical (Elon Yarden 65%-85%) • Historio-Demographic (Tsvi Misinai 89.5%) • National-Territorial, the uniqueness of the conflict

27. The existence of an ‘Arab Palestinian people’ is the biggest hoax in history, a lie of unparalleled magnitude and damage in the history of mankind. • It is such a Big Lie that most of the world doesn’t even question its validity. • Hitler, Goebbels and Stalin: “The bigger a lie is, the greater the number of people who will believe it.” • Radical Islam uses, without mercy, Jews forced to convert to Islam as cannon fodder in a war of extinction against the Remnant of the Jewish people, and to generate anti-Semitism in the world, by undermining belief in the justice and legitimacy of Zionism. The Conclusion: The Biggest Hoax in History

28. Do those who forcibly converted and murdered, have the right to be heir to their victims’ inheritance? A solution that views the Palestinians as an Arab nation is a great injustice towards both Jews & Palestinians. A Just Solution to the Problem of the Land of Israel: One State for One People One Reunited People in One Homeland! Another Conclusion

29. David Ben-Gurion: • The common origins of Jews and Palestinians carries the keys to a future solution to the problem of the Holy Land! • To live in Israel without believing in miracles is impractical! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • In reality: Among the 50% with witness on Jewish or Israelite origin there is a desire to rejoin!! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This presentation was prepared based on the books The Palestine Bluff & Zion in justice will be redeemed by Elon Yarden and on my The Engagement booklet & Brother Shall not Lift Sword Against Brother book, as well as, in matters concerning the first question only on a script prepared by the late Tsafrir Ronen and a presentation prepared in his memory. Additional details can be found in: www.the-engagement.org Tsvi misinai