XPost: can.politics, us.politics, can.general   
   From: adavid.smith@sympatico.ca   
      
   Kenneth McVay OBC wrote:   
   > In article <769551d2-b226-42b9-b3e7-222644efaa18@u34g2000yqu.g   
   oglegroups.com>,   
   > Mr.Smartypants  wrote:   
   >>from readers' letters at http://www.whatreallyhappened.com   
   >>   
   >> READER:   
   >> Israel was established upon the ruins of another nation that it   
   >> destroyed; Palestine   
   >   
   > "Palestine" did not exist when Israel was created.   
      
   That's because it was part of the British Mandate that included   
   Palestine and Transjordan.  There have been Palestinians living there   
   for centuries, but they have been  subjected to rule by a variety of   
   other empires over that period.   
      
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