Who were the inhabitants of Greater Israel aka Palestine before the Zionists? - YJ Draiman

Who were the inhabitants of Greater Israel aka Palestine before the Zionists?

Looking through the pages of history, it becomes clear that the war over the possession of The Land of Israel renamed by the Romans Palestine and Jerusalem has been going on between Muslims, Christians, other kingdoms and Jews since Roman times without reaching any settlement ever. Archaeological findings and statements in Bible clearly show that the Land of Israel aka Palestine was inhabited mainly by Jewish People and their ancestors for over 4,000 years from the time of Abraham, for a long time the Jewish people have lived in Greater Israel as their “promised land” and long after that. The justification of Jews, that they claim the land because it belonged to them 3,300 years ago and Jewish people continued to live in Greater Israel for the past 4,000 years. History and archaeology in Greater Israel is filled with remnants of Jewish habitation. The Land of Israel was conquered over the centuries by various empires as conquered territory. The Jewish people re-conquered their own ancestral land, as we know possession is nine tenths of the law. The Arabs attacked the Jewish people in Greater Israel and lost. To the victor goes the spoils. America had no history with the land, yet it conquered the land and they are not giving back the southwestern territory back to Mexicans and the rest of the land to Indians.

The term Zionism refers to the history and belief of Jewish people that Greater Israel aka Palestine is the homeland. The name Zion came from the name of the hill on which the temple of Jerusalem is situated. The end of World War I brought an end to the Ottoman Empire and Britain took over Greater Israel aka Palestine. Balfour Declaration was issued in 1917, a British move to right the wrong and secure the support of Zionists by promising them to reconstitute the Jewish homeland in Greater Israel aka Palestine. Jewish population grew dramatically from 50,000 to 600,000 during the mandate period with major restriction on Jewish immigration compared to an Arab population which hundreds of thousands sneaked across from neighboring Arab-Muslim countries and numbered about 900,000.

The bond between the British and the Zionists was terminated in 1939 when in violation of international treaties and guaranties by the Allied Powers after WWI, the White Paper was issued by Britain restricting Jewish immigration and prohibiting the sale of land to Jews in the Land of Israel aka Palestine. Millions of Jews trying to escape Nazi extermination and concentration camps died. The Jewish remnant of the Holocaust added pressure to the Jewish position in Europe for exercising the international treaties and reconstituting Jewish ancestral homeland in Greater Israel aka Palestine. By the time British resigned the mandate in 1948, Jews had asked the American president to support their cause in implementing the international treaties and finally declaring an independent state for Israel in Greater Israel aka Palestine.

Right after Israel declared independence; it was attacked by 6 Arab armies from neighboring countries and local Arab bands that joined them. The Arab population in Greater Israel aka Palestine was instructed to abandon their homes and stay out of the way of the approaching Arab armies while they destroy the Jewish population in Greater Israel and afterwards they can move back and take over all the Jewish homes and property. These affair is known as the Arab-Israeli War, it produced over 500,000 Palestinian refugees. Since then, Israel was attacked by the surrounding Arab states in four major wars with Arabs and have been defeated; the 1948 war, the Suez Crisis war in 1956, the Arab blockade and the Six Day War of 1967, the Arab armies attacking Israel during Yom Kippur which is known as the Arab War of October 1973 and Israel’s defensive war against rocket attacks and the terror organizations in Lebanon in 1982.

The Jewish population and immigration figures determined that Turkish-Ottoman occupation of Greater Israel aka Palestine (who were defeated in WWI and ceded their control of the territories to the Allied powers) the subsequent British administration of the Mandate for Palestine aka Greater Israel was of great importance to the Jewish people after the 1920 San Remo Treaty which adopted the 1917 Balfour Declaration in reconstituting the Jewish people in Greater Israel aka Palestine which has a Historical and Archaeological excavations verified the Jewish claim made by Zionists that in the early 1800 Greater Israel aka Palestine is “a land without people for people without land” and show the census figures stating that the land had limited and nomadic Arab population of about 90,000 (not counting Turkish people and military personnel) and a Jewish population of about 45,000 of Jews who have lived in Greater Israel for the past 2,000 years. the Jewish people started developing Greater Israel aka Palestine in the mid 1800. The Arabs in the surrounding territory saw an opportunity to work for the Jewish people and improve their economic conditions as the Jewish people turned arid desolate land into a lush green land that produces fruits and vegetables. this brought about a substantial amount of Arab labor with their families which increased the Arab population. The Jewish people in Greater Israel aka Palestine invested much time, labor and resources in drying up quicksand and developing the land while fighting Malaria and other maladies by 1914. According to historians, most of this increase in Arab population occurred after the Jewish people started developing Greater Israel aka Palestine in 1880. The records and historical accounts by various writers and officials state that most of the increase happened because of Jewish immigration and many Arabs admit, that they sold a substantial tracts of land to the Jewish people at exorbitant prices debunking the view that Zionist settlements forced Arab-Palestinians to be displaced before 1948 (The Mufti of Jerusalem testified in front of the British Peel Commission that the Jews did not steal any land in Greater Israel, that the Jews paid good money to rich Arab land-owners for their land in Greater Israel. The Arabs who worked the land during the Ottoman empire were sharecroppers and not owners of the land).

Looking through the pages of history, it becomes clear that the war over the possession of Greater Israel aka Palestine and Jerusalem has been going on between Muslims, Christians and Jews since 627 when Muhammed beheaded over 700 Jews in Medina (Saudi Arabia) and went on a world conquest to force Islam on the world at large.
Archaeological findings and historical records clearly show that Greater Israel aka Palestine was inhabited by Jewish people since the time of Abraham it is their “promised land” and long after that. The justification of Jews, that they claim the land because it is theirs for over 3,300 years ago and was lost in wars, but war retaken by Jewish people Army in 1948. To enhance the legitimacy of Jewish sovereignty over Greater Israel aka Palestine is on record under international treaties of post WWI, the 1920 San Remo which was confirmed by the 1920 Treaty of Sevres and Lausanne; The United States is a sovereign nation today after they defeated the British and the southwestern territory from the Mexicans and the rest of the land from the American Indians.

The term Zionism refers to the history of the Jews from Zion which is Jerusalem and Israel and that historically it is their Jewish homeland and no other. The name Zion came from the name of the hill on which the temple of Jerusalem is situated. The conclusion of World War I brought an end to the Ottoman Empire and Britain took over Greater Israel aka Palestine as trustee for the Jewish people to institute the Balfour Declaration that was issued in 1917, a British and Allied move to ri8ght the wrong, secure and return the Jewish people to their ancestral homeland in Greater Israel aka Palestine. Jewish population grew dramatically from about 50,000 in the 1800's to 600,000 during the British Mandate period, even with immigration restriction after the implementation of the White paper of 1939 compared to an Arab population of 900,000 which the British ignored the hundreds of thousands of Arabs immigrating illegally from the Arab countries between 1920-1948.

The bond between the British and the Zionists was terminated in 1939 when the British violated international treaties and restricted Jewish immigration and caused the death of millions of Jews trying to escape extermination by the Nazis in Germany and Europe.
The Holocaust accelerated Jewish implementation of international treaties of post WWI in Europe for reconstituting the Jews in their ancestral homeland. By the time British terminated their obligation to implement the Mandate for Palestine in 1948, Jews had asked the American president to support the implementation of the international treaties which incorporated the 1917 Balfour Declaration as international law of declaring the reconstituted independent state for Israel.

Right after Israel declared independence; it was attacked by 7 Arab armies from neighboring countries and some local Arab bands. The Arab armies asked the local Arab population to vacate their homes while they destroy the Jews and take over their homes and assets. This war, which is known as the Arab-Israeli War, produced over 500,000 Palestinian refugees. A substantial number of Arabs stayed in Israel and are living in a free and Democratic country with all its rights and privileges. Since then, The Arabs instigated the Suez Crisis in 1956, the Six Day War of 1967, the Arab attack, the Yom Kippur War of 1973 and Israel’s defensive war in Lebanon in 1982 to counter terrorist organization and Rocket attacks.
The Arabs lost all the wars and Israel is finally controlling all the territories agreed upon by international treaties.

The Jewish State of Israel had to absorb the majority of the Jewish families expelled from Arab countries. The Arabs confiscated all their personal assets, businesses, homes and 120,400 sq. km of Real estate property which is valued today in the trillions of dollars. Over half the population in Israel today is the Jewish families expelled from Arab countries.
The British violated the international treaties by  taking about 80% of Jewish allocated territories east of the Jordan river and set it up as the Arab state of Trans-Jordan aka Jordan.

As long as the Arab-Palestinians promote terror and violence, educate their children and the masses to commit terror and violence in Greater Israel, there will never be peace.

Every appeasement, concession and land for peace has back-fired on Israel and not only reduced the safety and security of Israel and its people. It accelerated the violence, terror and rocket attacks on Israel's population centers.
YJ Draiman