NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON JEWISH AFFAIRS AFFIRMS TRUTH SPOKEN BY NEWT GINGRICH
Posted By Ruth King on December 14th, 2011
NCJA STATEMENT AFFIRMS HISTORICAL TRUTH EXPRESSED BY SPEAKER GINGRICH
For Immediate Release
The National Conference on Jewish Affairs is pleased that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich affirmed what many have historically known, which is that there never was an indigenous Arab “Palestinian” people, race, or religion with their own language, flag, distinct culture, history, or national identity. There were a few pockets of Arabs scattered in the area that were in no way distinct in national character from any of their fellow Arabs among the population of Middle East. Indeed, the term “Palestinian” was used to refer to Jews since Roman times living in that territory. Yassir Arafat and other collaborators co-opted and politicized the term “Palestinian” to refer to the collection of various Arab individuals whom Arab leaders forcibly congregated in settlements so as to create a visible presence for the purpose of making claims on territory belonging historically and legally to the Jewish People.
Instead of retaining the age old name of Palestine for its portion of the British Mandate, the Jewish People decided to call their state Israel, because of its Biblical origin, as opposed to using the Roman name. Only the Jewish People in the Land of Israel have done what an identifiable nation and people do when historically attached to a specific land — a continuation of the development begun in Biblical times as their Promised Land.
We commend Mr. Gingrich for his unique courage in stating the historical reality and standing against those who would falsify history so as to grab the land belonging to the Jewish People and to seize decades of Jewish accomplishment and centuries of attachment.
With this in mind, it is time that the world begin questioning the entire concept of an Arab “Palestinian” state in the Land of Israel, especially so when the British Mandate clearly declared that the Arab state in that region was to be located in what today is Jordan.
“The historical truth is that there never was an Arab sovereign state of Palestine. This Middle East Truth that Must Not Be Named, as articulated by Speaker Gingrich, provides an opportunity for huge numbers of citizens to learn historical truths, and for popular but wildly untrue myths to be put to rest,” said Lori Lowenthal Marcus, president of Z STREET and chair of the NCJA Executive Committee.
The National Conference on Jewish Affairs is a coalition of Jewish leaders and heads of Jewish, pro-Israel, pro-America organizations in America and abroad.
Beth Gilinsky
Political Strategy, Public Relations and Communications
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