Title: The Engagement The problem in the Holy land, its roots and solution
1The EngagementThe problem in the Holy land, its
roots and solution
- Who are the Palestinians?
- How many Palestinians live west of the Jordan?
- Who are the refugees?
- Compromises and disengagements complicate the
situation a change in direction is needed - "You cannot solve a problem with the same
consciousness that created it Albert Einstein - The origin and numbers of the Palestinians
negates separation and the two states solution - "Yes to engagement and to one state solution
2The Problem
- The Holy land a hub of violence in the world.
- The Two-State Solution in the Holy land wont
bring stability. - Continuation of the present situation in the Holy
land will increase violence. - An era of terrorism proliferation of WMDs A
growing peril.
3- The Crisis As an Opportunity
- Among the Jews
- Supporters of the Greater Israel Movement are in
crisis and at a loss. - Supporters of partition of Eretz-Israel demand
the People of Israel hide their heads in the
sand. - To let things ride is impossible because the
situation is deteriorating into a brutal war. - The corruption is the result of the absence of a
genuine Zionist challenge replaced by pursuit of
material personal goals.
- Among the Palestinians
- Supporters of FATAH have lost legitimacy and
control. - Supporters of HAMAS got the dream of their
control in Greater Palestine dwarfed into the
Gaza Strip. - The Palestinian public-at-large knows that
things have never been worse and looks back with
yearning at Israel control. -
4Is there a way out of the present fix?
- Yes! But one must first understand the roots of
the problem!
5A series of genetic research indicate a very
close relationship between Palestinians and
Jews!!!The following recognized and discussed
Palestinians Israelite rootsGerman researchers
(1860)Israel Belkind (1894)Lev Borochov
(1905)David Ben-Gurion (1917, 1956)Yitzhak
Ben-Zvi (1917-1932)
6 Conclusions of primary Leaders of Zionism
- Belkind The Arabs of Eretz-Israel are 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-Israelundoubtedly 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
7Why was nothing done about this at the time?
- The Palestinians were the majority in western
Eretz-Israel up until 1948. - The People of Israel were busy in realizing the
Ingathering of the Exiles - Terrorist activity of foreigners to west of the
Jordan - The number of foreigners rose steadily up until
1948. - The Holocaust, partition of Eretz-Israel and the
flight of Palestinian refugees during the war
curtailed the problem. - Ben-Gurion sought to Judaize the Bedouin
- Quantitative data was unavailable at the time!
8Today however
- Worsening circumstances demand changing the rules
of the middle east game - The People of Israel is adequately consolidated
- The Jews are a significant majority in the Holy
Land - Most of the foreigners fled with the refugees or
emigrated - New quantitative research with far-reaching
ramifications exists - - Various genetic studies
- - Historio-geographic research
- - Historio-demographic research
- Rich set of first-hand collaborative evidence has
been gathered - One cannot continue to ignore the issue!
9 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!)
10Proximity of Various populations
11 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)
12 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
13The 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
14 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.
15Settlement 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.
16Settlement 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.
17The Roots - A Demographic Survey of the
Demographic History of the Holy Land (based on
integration of data from a host of sources)
- The People of Israel 2000 years ago (in
millions) - 5.5 (M) Jews in Eretz-Israel.
- Samaritans Israelites in Samaria 0.9
- Edomites and Moabites (converts Brethren of
Israel) 0.7 (e.g. Genuine Jews 4.8) - Others 0.2 small nations (Phoenicians,
Philistines, Canaanites) and Romans - The People of Israel in Eretz-Israel a 97
majority
18- The Great Revolt (70 CE)
- 2.5 (M) were killed, and 2 (M) were exiled.
- The People of Israel remained a 92 of the
population a huge majority.
- The Bar-Kokhba Revolt (135 CE)
- 1 (M) Jews remained, 0.3 Samaritans out of total
2.8 population - 1. 3 Arabs
- Only 46 were from the People of Israel,
- Change of the name of the country from Judea to
Palestina!!!
19The Arab Conquest (640 CE)
- Came after depopulation following the wars
between the Parthians and the Byzantines - There was no Arab colonization in the Holy Land
- 500,000 Jews, 70,000 Samaritan, 220,000 small
nations, 170,000 Arabs, 700,000 Roman Army! - Religious distribution 500,000 Religion of
Israel, 45,000 Islam, 1,100,000 (the overwhelming
majority) Christianity - People of Israel 34 lowest in history
- In the first 400 years of Arab rule, only a small
percentage accepted Islam.
20The Key Point - the al-Hakem Edict (1012 CE)
- Prohibition of non-Muslims to remain in the Holy
Land - Most Christians leave, including most of the
Arabs - Most of the People of Israel become Mustaarbim
- People of Israel (670,000) again become the
majority 73
21Damage of the Mameluk Period
- Most of the Descendents of the Romans left or
were previously killed - The People of Israel 95 of the population
- Depopulation of the Holy Land begins in 1453
- Brethren of Israel (Descendents of the Moabites
and Edomites) depart for Persia - Eastern Holy Land is totally empty
- At the close of Mameluk rule (1517) there are
only 150,000 inhabitants in the country - Improvement under the Ottoman Turks brings back
departees and doubles the population
22 Subdivisions (16th Century)
Movement Eastward(18th Century)
231800
- The People of Israel 85
- Brethren of Israel return from Persia while
losing their identity - Brethren of Israel infected with Persian
extremism - Desc. of Israel hide their identity
- Lands in the East are occupied
- 1840
- Arrival of foreigners (west)
- Brethren of Israel move westward (Lowlands)
- Portion of Desc. of Israel move the eastward
north
24- 1914 West of the Jordan Only
- People of Israel among non-Jews 74
- Desc. of Israel reside in the Hill Country, far
distant from most Jews - Brethren of Israel feel threatened they will have
to migrate due to the influx of the Jews - Brethren of Israel engage in terrorism against
Jews
- Up to 1948 Prior to the Flight
- Influx of many Jews
- Influx of Arab and Druze immigrants
- Desc. of Israel return from the east, Syria and
Lebanon - People of Israel among non-Jews drops to 62
25- 1949 After the Flight
- Most of the flight (75) not initiated by
Israel - Most of those fleeing Desc. brethren of
Israel from the east - Arab refugees remained in West Bank Gaza
awaiting next war - People of Israel among the non-Jews 55
- Number of refugees in West Bank inflated by 700,
Gaza 200 - Number of inhabitants in West bank Gaza
inflated by 100
- 1967
- Number of inhabitants in West Bank Gaza
inflated by 170 using documents of deceased and
departees - Flight of many Arabs and Roman Desc. from West
Bank. - People of Israel rises to 71
- The Israeli census decreased population inflation
to 140
26By the close of 2008
- Emigration of most Arabs gave up hope of
defeating Israel (after 1967 1973 wars) - Increased birth rate among Brethren of Israel
part of their struggle - 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 - 1.6 mil., Brethren of Israel
1.3 mil., Arabs - 90,000 - People of Israel among the Palestinians 89.5
- Most of the Palestinian refugees are foreign to
land west of the Jordan
27The 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
28 Physicist David Bohm
- The notion that all these fragments are
separately existent is evidently an illusion, and
this illusion cannot do other than lead to
endless conflict and confusion. - Indeed, the attempt to live according to the
notion that the fragments are really separate is,
in essence, what has led to the growing series of
extremely urgent crises that is confronting us
today.
29One State for One People
- The Solution is Self-Evident
30David 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! - __________________________________________________
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________ - In reality Among the 50 with witness on Jewish
or Israelite origin there is a desire to rejoin!!
31The Real Just Right of ReturnThe Return of
the Palestinians to the People of Israel
- Return to Jewish-Israeli nationality, without
religious coercion, - in accordance with halacha in the Holy Land
- Return via ulpans to master the Hebrew language,
Jewish culture, the history of the Holy Land, the
Bible and exposure to Jewish traditions. - Such schooling will enable Returnees to integrate
as First Class Citizens. - Gradual reincorporation of tens of thousands a
year over a 30 year period. - Those who do not wish to re-engage will become
residents, hinging on loyalty - In parallel, Jews will be schooled in the history
of the country and Arabic culture. - Conversion of child allowance grants into
reductions in income tax will prevent
ethnic-demographic problems and rectify
encouragement of parasitic dependence on state
welfare.
32Palestinians and the People of Israel According
to the Prophets
- Thy children make haste thy destroyers and they
that made thee waste shall go forth from thee.
(Isaiah 4917) - Saying to the prisoners Go forth To them
that are in darkness Show yourselves They
shall feed in the ways, And mountains shall be
their pasture. (Isaiah 499) - Proselytes are hard on Israel, like a sore on
the skin. (Helbo. Talmud Yebamot) - And say unto them Thus saith the Lord GOD
Behold, I will take the children of Israel from
among the nations, whither they are gone, and
will gather them on every side, and bring them
into their own land And I will make them one
nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel
!, and one king shall be king to them all and
they shall be no more two nations !, neither
shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more
at allI will make a covenant of peace with them
it shall be an everlasting covenant with them.
(Ezekiel 3721-22, 26)