What and Whose is Palestine - A New Proposal

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“What and Whose is Palestine? A New Proposal” presents an impartial historical survey of the Palestine problem, aiming to supply facts behind the modern situation. The text argues that understanding past events over more than three thousand years is necessary for reaching an equitable solution, while avoiding adjudication of the claims of Jews or Arabs in light of later developments. It then outlines proposals and begins by tracing the historical usage of the name Palestine across antiquity and later regimes, geography, and administrative divisions.

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INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

HISTORICAL USAGE OF THE NAME PALESTINE

97-84217-28 Service-Nation Movement What and whose isPalestine? [London] [1946?] COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRABIESPRESERVATION DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHIC MICROFORM TARGET ORIGINAL MATERIAL AS FILMED-EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD RESTRICTIONS ON USE: Reproduclions may not be made without permission trom Columbia University Libraries. TECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA FILM SIZE://:135mm BEDUCTION BATIO: DATE FILMED:10-9-979B INITIALS: TRACKING\#:28875 FILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA. WORLD UNITYBOOKLET No.7WHAT ANDWHOSE ISPALESTINEA NEW PROPOSALSubmited to the Anglo-American Commitee of Inquiryby an Impartial Commitee of theSERVICE-NATION MOVEMENTWith MapsHERBERT2s.JOSEPH LrDNET PALESTINE AND TRANSJORDAN The existing divisions created in IgT9,which have no historical basis,and separateTransjordan from Egypt(se p.I3). WHAT AND WHOSE ISPALESTINE? An Historical Survey of the Palestine ProblemPrepared by an impartial Committee of theService-Nation Movement With a New Solution — ILlustrated by Maps Published forTHE SERVICE-NATION MoVEMENTbyHERBERT JoSEPH LIMITED The Service-Nation Movement,whichis dedicated to the service ofhumanity asa whole,invites the collaboration ofspecialists in all connections to studyimpartially and to pronounce uponworld problems. # INTRODUCTION 23 1947 JRC THE purpose of this paper,prepared by an impartialCommittee of the Service-Nation Movement,is to setout the historic facts which lie behind the modern aspectsof the Palestine problem.These facts ought fully to betaken into consideration if an equitable solution is to bereached,and recent events may have tended to obscureor misrepresent them.The circumstances of the pastthirty years have to be related to a history which coversmore than three thousand years. JAN Ef宁2争- No attempt is made here to discuss or assess the meritsof the claims of either Jews or Arabs in the light ofdevelopments arising directly out of the First WorldWar,or which have transpired subsequently.Thesedevelopments are already receiving the fullmeasure ofattention which they deserve.The situation as it affectsPalestine has undergone such rapid changes that theissues now are by no means the same as those of I9I9,so that a clarification may best be reached by anobjective presentation of the salient features of the storyof Palestine through the centuries.This treatment isfound to give rise to proposals which at the presentjuncture should go far towards satisfying the legitimateaspirations of both peoples. CONTENTS I.HIsTORICAL USAGE OF THE NAME Palestine - 7 2.THE RULERS OF PALESTINE I4 3.PALESTINE AND JEWISH MESSIANISM 16 4.THE INHABITANTS OF PALESTINE 17The Jews in PalestineThe Arabs in Palestine 5.GENERAL SUMMARY - 22Palestine and Transjordan- -FrontispiecThe Changing Frontiers of PalestineIOEfect ofthe New Proposals- I2 MAPS. HISTORICAL USAGE OF THE NAMEPALESTINE AN objective consideration of the problem of Palestineto-day must have regard to the history of the word.Towhat territory does the name Palestine properly apply? In the thirteenth century B.C.the southern coast ofthe country now called Palestine bordering the EasternMediterranean came to be known as the land of thePelishtim(Gen.xxi.32)—the Pulista of the inscriptionsof Ramases III.With these ‘Philistine'settlers the namePalestine begins(Exod.xv.I4). At the height of the Philistine power the area ofoccupation was extended"well beyond the coastal plain,but the defeats inflicted by the Judean kings David andSolomon in the tenth century forced a withdrawal,andPhilistia finally disappeared with the Assyrian conquestsat the close of the eighth century.The name survived,however,as a description of the southern coastal regionof Syria.By Greek writers from the time of Herodotusit came to receive a wider connotation,and the termPalestinean Syria'generally distinguished the south ofthe country from t

FAQs

What is the purpose of this paper on Palestine?

The paper sets out historic facts behind the modern aspect of the Palestine problem to support an equitable solution.

Does the paper try to judge the claims of Jews and Arabs?

No attempt is made to discuss or assess the merit of either Jews’ or Arabs’ claims in the light of later developments from the First World War.

How does the paper approach clarifying the Palestine issue?

It presents an objective account of salient features of Palestine through the centuries to produce proposals intended to satisfy the legitimate aspirations of both peoples.

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