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08.02.09, 16:55
A Japanese View of the Palestinians
By Yashiko Sagamori
If you are so sure that " Palestine , the country, goes back through
most of recorded history," I expect you to be able to answer a few
basic questions about that country of Palestine :
1. When was it founded and by whom?
2. What were its borders?
3. What was its capital?
4. What were its major cities?
5. What constituted the basis of its economy?
6. What was its form of government?
7. Can you name at least one Palestinian leader before Arafat?
8. Was Palestine ever recognized by a country whose existence, at
that time or now, leaves no room for interpretation?
9. What was the language of the country of Palestine?
10. What was the prevalent religion of the country of Palestine?
11. What was the name of its currency? Choose any date in history and
tell what was the approximate exchange rate of the Palestinian
monetary unit against the US dollar, German mark, GB pound, Japanese
yen, or Chinese yuan on that date.
12. And, finally, since there is no such country today, what caused
its demise and when did it occur?
You are lamenting the "low sinking" of a "once proud" nation. Please
tell me, when exactly was that "nation" proud and what was it so
proud of?
And here is the least sarcastic question of all: If the people you
mistakenly call "Palestinians" are anything but generic Arabs
collected from all over
