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July 31, 2002 Share:

Source: http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0231/foa.php

Palestine 101

(Village Voice) Sylvana Foa Who really owns the land encompassing what is now Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority? The Canaanites established the Land of Canaan around 2000 B.C., but there are no Canaanites left. Abraham, the Father of the Jews and a figure revered by Islam, led a band of Hebrews from Mesopotamia and began the conquest of Canaan in 1741 B.C.

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