History of Palestine.

  1. Before Israel, there was a British mandate, not a Palestinian state.

  2. Before the British Mandate, there was the Ottoman Empire, not a Palestian state.

  3. Before the Ottoman Empire, there was the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, not a Palestinian

      state.

  4. Before the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, there was the Ayubid Arab-Kurdish empire, not a

      Palestinian state.

  5. Before the Ayubid Empire, there was the Frankish and Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, not a

      Palestinian state.

  6. Before the kingdom of Jerusalem, there was the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, not a Palestinian            state.

  7. Before the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, there was the Byzantine empire, not Palestinian state.

  8. Before the Byzantine Empire, there were Sassanids, not a Palestinian state.

  9. Before the Sassanid Empire, there was the Byzantine Empire, not a Palestinian state.

10. Before the Byzantine Empire, there was the Roman Empire, not a Palestinian state.

11. Before the Roman Empire, there was the Hasmonean state, not a Palestinian state.

12. Before the Hasmonean state, there was the Seleucid, not a Palestinian state.

13. Before the Seleucid Empire, there was the empire of Alexander the Great, not a Palestinian state.

14. Before the empire of Alexander the Great, there was the Persian empire, not Palestinian state.

15. Before the Persian Empire, there was the Babylonian Empire, not a Palestinianstate.

16. Before the Babylonian Empire, there were the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, not a Palestinian state.

17. Before the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, there was the Kingdom of Israel, not a Palestinianstate.

18. Before the Kingdom of Israel, there was the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, not a                        Palestinian state.

19. Before the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, there was an agglomeration of independent                Canaanite city-kingdoms, not a Palestinian state.

20. Actually, in this piece of land there has been everything, except a Palestinian state.

A little more history for those wanting to 'restore Palestine'.

In 132 AD the Emperor Hadrian resolved to stamp the Jews and their religion out of existence. He sold all Jewish prisoners into slavery after the revolt of Bar Kikhba, forbade the teaching of the Torah, renamed the province Syria Palestina and changed Jerusalem's name Aelia Capitolina. He renamed Israel to wipe out the national identity of Israel and the Jews .

So, if you are looking to 'restore Palestine to the Palestinians', you need to give it back to the Jews .

My take

The truth and nothing but the truth!

Tailpiece.

Got up at 6, the chores and was ready by 9. Spoke to Maman; he has a hairline fracture on one of his lower ribs. Corrective action is on. 

To  Dr (Mrs) Sodhi for Lekha's review. Gives new medicines .

A phase of the electric supply was off.