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Source: http://www.nationalreview.com/hanson/hanson052102.asp
The Abuse of History
(National Review) Victor Davis Hanson - The Palestinians claim their land is "occupied." Reflect on the long American presence in "occupied Okinawa" or in "occupied Berlin," a situation that went on for decades until Americans could be sure that Germans and Japanese would follow the protocols of the armistice. Was the West Bank occupied in 1947? Or only after 1967 -- when the ethnicity of the "occupiers" changed?