PA TV: Jews Have No History in Land of Israel

[Palestinian Media Watch] Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook - In an interview on official PA television on Oct. 22, historian Nabil Alqam first denied thousands of years of documented Jewish history in Israel, then replaced it with "4,000 to 5,000 years" of fictitious Palestinian history. Placing Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims in Israel in biblical times is historically impossible: The name "Palestine" was coined by Rome only in 136 CE, and for nearly 2,000 years Jews were the only Palestinians the world recognized. Islam was established only in 610 CE. Arabs first arrived in Israel with the Muslim invasion in 637 CE.


2009-11-04 06:00:00

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