10/27/2023
For educational purposes…for those of you who have been asking…
1) Before the modern state of Israel there was the British Mandate, Not a Palestinian state .
2) Before the British Mandate there was the Ottoman Empire, Not a Palestinian state .
3) Before the Ottoman Empire there was the Islamic Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, Not a Palestinian state .
4) Before the Islamic Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt there was the Ayyubid Dynasty, Not a Palestinian state . Godfrey of Bouillon conquered it in 1099.
5) Before the Ayyubid Dynasty there was the Christian (Catholic) Kingdom of Jerusalem, Not a Palestinian state .
6) Before the Christian (Catholic) kingdom of Jerusalem there was the Fatimid Caliphate, Not a Palestinian state .
7) Before the Fatimid Caliphate there was the Byzantine Empire, Not a Palestinian state .
😎 Before the Byzantine Empire there was the Roman Empire, Not a Palestinian state .
9) Before the Roman Empire there was the Hasmonean Dynasty, Not a Palestinian state .
10) Before the Hasmonean Dynasty there was the Seleucid Empire, Not a Palestinian state .
11) Before the Seleucid Empire there was the Empire of Alexander the 3rd of Macedon, Not a Palestinian state .
12) Before the Empire of Alexander the 3rd of Macedon there was the Persian Empire, Not a Palestinian state .
13) Before the Persian Empire there was the Babylonian Empire, Not a Palestinian state .
14) Before the Babylonian Empire there was the kingdoms of Israel and Judea, Not a Palestinian state .
15) Before the kingdoms of Israel and Judea there was the kingdom of Israel, Not a Palestinian state .
16) Before the kingdom of Israel there was the Theocracy of the 12 Tribes of Israel, Not a Palestinian state .
17) Before the Theocracy of the 12 Tribes of Israel there was the individual state of Canaan, Not a Palestinian state .
In fact in this corner of the earth there was everything but a Palestinian state!
Origins
