Re: Mark Elliot - Would a Credible Source Make Any Difference to You?
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Posted by Mark Elliot on 21:55:48 2007/12/19
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Re: Mark Elliot - Would a Credible Source Make Any Difference to You? posted by Bill Narvey
Nice fantasy Bill. Too bad it's a myth. I suggest you read Justin McCarthy's book "The Population of Palestine: Population History and Statistics of the Late Ottoman Period and the Mandate" where you'll find that Palestine had a population of 350,000 in the early 19th century.
You might also read Israel Zangwill who wrote:
"Palestine proper has already its inhabitants. The pashalik of Jerusalem is already twice as thickly populated as the United States, having fifty-two souls to the square mile, and not 25% of them Jews ..... [We] must be prepared either to drive out by the sword the [Arab] tribes in possession as our forefathers did or to grapple with the problem of a large alien population, mostly Mohammedan and accustomed for centuries to despise us." (Righteous Victims, p. 140 & Expulsion Of The Palestinians, p. 7-10)
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