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Mon Jul-24-06 12:05 PM
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| 6. should have just given them Montana . . . n/t |
| -Why is Israel where it is? |
napi21 |
Jul-24-06 12:00 PM |
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Other locations were suggested. |
acmavm |
Jul-24-06 12:01 PM |
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because that's where Israel always was, going back thousands of years |
villager |
Jul-24-06 12:03 PM |
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Actually Israel became a divided state long before the Romans |
atreides1 |
Jul-24-06 12:24 PM |
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all true, of course, but that's still where Jerusalem is |
villager |
Jul-24-06 12:28 PM |
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Tribal, right? More a question of who than where, right? |
TahitiNut |
Jul-24-06 12:36 PM |
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long island, ny? |
rusty charly |
Jul-24-06 12:03 PM |
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Golda Meir pegged it |
slackmaster |
Jul-24-06 12:03 PM |
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and a big chunk of it (the Negev) is miserable desert. n/t |
Misskittycat |
Jul-24-06 12:29 PM |
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Goes back to biblical times.... |
Waya |
Jul-24-06 12:04 PM |
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Who had it before that? |
izzie |
Jul-24-06 12:16 PM |
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The Canaanites, of course! |
johnaries |
Jul-24-06 12:49 PM |
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Natufia?, Retjenu, Canaan, United Babylonia, - also known as the Levant |
bloom |
Jul-24-06 05:09 PM |
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should have just given them Montana . . . n/t |
OneBlueSky |
Jul-24-06 12:05 PM |
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That's where the early Zionists settled and it's the ancestral Jewish home |
liberalpragmatist |
Jul-24-06 12:06 PM |
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Is there an "ancestral Christian home"?? |
TahitiNut |
Jul-24-06 12:09 PM |
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Yup. Israel. n/t |
Taxloss |
Jul-24-06 12:10 PM |
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Israel is where Christianity originated. But Christianity |
megatherium |
Jul-24-06 12:29 PM |
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Well, not the same extent |
liberalpragmatist |
Jul-24-06 12:16 PM |
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OK, so if it is their original territory, why are so many |
napi21 |
Jul-24-06 12:12 PM |
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They weren't always there |
liberalpragmatist |
Jul-24-06 12:22 PM |
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Yeah, because Cyprus isn't disputed ... |
Taxloss |
Jul-24-06 12:10 PM |
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Actually Cyprus is highly disputed |
genie_weenie |
Jul-24-06 12:13 PM |
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I know. |
Taxloss |
Jul-24-06 12:16 PM |
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Oh sorry. All apologies. |
genie_weenie |
Jul-24-06 12:20 PM |
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The Temples in Jerusalem...n/t |
Finder |
Jul-24-06 12:11 PM |
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It's a little complicated |
Taoschick |
Jul-24-06 12:11 PM |
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Israel wasn't established until 1948 |
liberalpragmatist |
Jul-24-06 12:23 PM |
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Where was the original home of the Palestinians? |
Little Star |
Jul-24-06 12:12 PM |
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It's where they were going. |
igil |
Jul-24-06 12:13 PM |
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From PBS site... |
Norquist Nemesis |
Jul-24-06 12:13 PM |
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How does one determine land ownership? |
genie_weenie |
Jul-24-06 12:14 PM |
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Its midpoint to the garden of Eden, Mecca, and the Vatican. |
undeterred |
Jul-24-06 12:16 PM |
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"Back in the 60's?" |
11cents |
Jul-24-06 12:20 PM |
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I'm sorry, I guess I was wrong on the 60"s statement. I thought |
napi21 |
Jul-24-06 12:32 PM |
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No, my point about the Bible... |
11cents |
Jul-24-06 12:39 PM |
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a little info |
oberliner |
Jul-24-06 12:40 PM |
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Israel is the historical |
Totallybushed |
Jul-24-06 12:32 PM |
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Above posters have covered this well |
cracksquirrel |
Jul-24-06 12:43 PM |
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Locking |
Lithos |
Jul-24-06 08:11 PM |
#39 |
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