\"The Jews took no one\'s land\" is the title of the most recent article by Arab-American and WorldNetDaily.com founder Joseph Farah. \"At no time did the Jews uproot Arab families from their homes,\" Farah writes in a brief overview of the last 150 years of history in the Holy Land, explaining that when Jews returned to their homeland, barely any Moslems were on hand to greet them.
Excerpts from Farah\'s article:
\"When Mark Twain visited the Holy Land in the 19th century, he was greatly disappointed. He didn\'t see any people. He referred to it as a vast wasteland. The land we now know as Israel was practically deserted... By the beginning of the 20th century, Jews from all over the world began to return to their ancestral homeland - the Promised Land Moses and Joshua had conquered two millennia earlier, Christians and Jews believe, on the direct orders of G-d... A travel guide to Palestine and Syria, published in 1906, illustrates the fact that even when the Islamic Ottoman Empire ruled the region, the Muslim population in Jerusalem was minimal. The book estimates the total population of the city at 60,000, of whom 7,000 were Muslims, 13,000 were Christians, and 40,000 were Jews... And even though Muslims today claim Jerusalem as the third holiest site in Islam, when the city was under Islamic rule, they had little interest in it...
\"As the Jews came, drained the swamps and made the desert bloom - Arabs followed. They came for jobs. They came for prosperity. They came for freedom. And they came in large numbers... Then came 1948 and the great partition. The United Nations proposed the creation of two states in the region-one Jewish, one Arabs. The Jews accepted it gratefully. The Arabs rejected it with a vengeance and declared war. Arab leaders urged Arabs to leave the area… Several hundred thousand Arabs were displaced in this war - not by Israeli aggression… In fact there are many historical records showing that the Jews urged the Arabs to stay and live with them in peace. But, tragically, they chose to leave…\"
Mr. Farah will discuss the above topic on Arutz-7 Radio tomorrow night, and will be heard on our website; see home page for details.
Excerpts from Farah\'s article:
\"When Mark Twain visited the Holy Land in the 19th century, he was greatly disappointed. He didn\'t see any people. He referred to it as a vast wasteland. The land we now know as Israel was practically deserted... By the beginning of the 20th century, Jews from all over the world began to return to their ancestral homeland - the Promised Land Moses and Joshua had conquered two millennia earlier, Christians and Jews believe, on the direct orders of G-d... A travel guide to Palestine and Syria, published in 1906, illustrates the fact that even when the Islamic Ottoman Empire ruled the region, the Muslim population in Jerusalem was minimal. The book estimates the total population of the city at 60,000, of whom 7,000 were Muslims, 13,000 were Christians, and 40,000 were Jews... And even though Muslims today claim Jerusalem as the third holiest site in Islam, when the city was under Islamic rule, they had little interest in it...
\"As the Jews came, drained the swamps and made the desert bloom - Arabs followed. They came for jobs. They came for prosperity. They came for freedom. And they came in large numbers... Then came 1948 and the great partition. The United Nations proposed the creation of two states in the region-one Jewish, one Arabs. The Jews accepted it gratefully. The Arabs rejected it with a vengeance and declared war. Arab leaders urged Arabs to leave the area… Several hundred thousand Arabs were displaced in this war - not by Israeli aggression… In fact there are many historical records showing that the Jews urged the Arabs to stay and live with them in peace. But, tragically, they chose to leave…\"
Mr. Farah will discuss the above topic on Arutz-7 Radio tomorrow night, and will be heard on our website; see home page for details.