Modern Israeli history  Who holds the land  Why Israel obstructs
reconciliation  See article  Readers' comments    Why so much
fuss about the origin of the word "Palestinians"? Let's say the
word was only invented yesterday. Can this justify occupation of
someone's land? It does not matter how those people were called.
They had lived in the area before Jews started coming in the
middle of the 20th century. Why someone with a title deed to his
land issued by the British authorities in, say, 1925 should
abandon it in favour of a guy born in an obscure Belorussian
town of Slonim, speaking a modification of German language
called Yiddish? What is the basis of his claim? Millions of
Americans can trace their ancestry to a particular town in
England, Scotland, Ireland. May residents of New York
"repatriate" to the city in northern England called York and
claim the city's historical center for themselves?  L6QjhvJGVk
in reply to Idalion  Very articulate comment. Just wanted to
clarify your point by adding some actua