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Title: The Engagement The problem in the Holy land, its roots and solution


1
The 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

2
The 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.

4
Is there a way out of the present fix?
  • Yes! But one must first understand the roots of
    the problem!

5
A 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)
  • The Roots of the Problem

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

7
Why 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!

8
Today 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!)

10
Proximity 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
13
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

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.
15
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.
16
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.
17
The 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!!!

19
The 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.

20
The 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

21
Damage 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)

23
1800
  • 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

26
By 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

27
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

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.

29
One State for One People
  • The Solution is Self-Evident

30
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!!

31
The 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.

32
Palestinians 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)
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