חב"ד מה זה "פלסתין"?
Dear
Elena, you're right to question the term "Palestine." That was the
name conjured by the Roman empire when the cry of 'perish Judea' went up after
we had revolted against their rule yet again. Sadly, the rest of the world took
it up and the name lasted for too long. Erez Israel has never been entirely
empty of our presence for a good 3,000 years, even with the Rome instigated
exile. The lineages of the present day Arab inhabitants of our land have only
lived there for a few hundred years. Why should any of our people be called
settlers in our own land? Which is not to say that anyone else shouldn't live
there, but in peace with their Jewish neighbours. I wish they understood
history, that our story did not begin in the 1940's CE.
Google
AI: Herodotus mentions "Palestine" in his 5th-century BCE work, The Histories,
describing it as a "district of Syria, called Palaistinê"
located between Phoenicia and Egypt. He applied the term to both the coastal
areas and some inland regions, including the Judean mountains and the Jordan
Rift Valley. The first clear use of "Palestine" referring to this
wider area is generally attributed to Herodotus. He referred to the inhabitants
as the "Syrians of Palestine". He noted that they practiced
circumcision but did not mention Jews or Israelites.
Roman
writers as well as Roman Judean writers Philo of Alexandria and Josephus,
used the word, these examples covering every century from the 4th BCE to
the 1st CE. There is, however, no evidence of the name on any Hellenistic coin or inscription: There is
no indication that the term was used in an official context in the Hellenistic
and Early Roman periods, it does not occur in the New Testament,
and Philo and Josephus preferred "Judaea".
לעניות
דעתי, לפי ויקיפדיה " Timeline_of_the_name_Palestine",
היסטוריה אובייקטיבית, ברור שאין שום קשר בין הפלסטין העתיקה ותושביה (יהודים),
לבין "פלשתינה" של ימינו אלה ותושביה (ערבים).
לעניות
דעתי, הטיעון היחידי של שייכות ארץ ישראל לעם ישראל הוא התורה! כול תירוץ אחר רק
יסבך את העניין.
יש
להגיד בצורה ברורה והחלטית שהיהודים הם מתנחלים, בני ישראל החוזרים לארץ אבותיהם,
לקחת את יורשת אבותיהם, ארץ ישראל, שקיבלו אותה מהקב"ה.
לעניות
דעתי, כול טיעון אחר, יביא תגובות: גם היוונים יכולים לבקש אדמות בטורקיה של היום,
או ערבים אדמות בספרד של היום? המצב של עם ישראל, והקשר שלו עם ארץ ישראל הו אחד
ויחיד בהיסטוריה העולמית: עם נבחר לקבל ארץ נבחרת מהקב"ה! הקשר הזה לב
היהדות, והיה כך כול הדורות, מיציאת מצרים ועד ימינו אלה!
According
to the history, there is no connection between ancient Palestine and its
inhabitants (Jews), and the "Palestine" of today and its inhabitants
(Arabs). The only valid claim for the belonging of the Land of Israel to the
People of Israel is the Torah! Any other justification will only complicate the
matter. It must be stated clearly and decisively that the Jews are settlers (Mitnahalim)
the Children of Israel returning to the land of their forefathers to take
possession of their ancestral inheritance, the Land of Israel, which they
received from God. The situation of the People of Israel and its connection to
the Land of Israel is unique in world history: a chosen people receiving a
chosen land from God! This connection is the very core of Judaism, and has been
so for all generations, from the Exodus from Egypt until this very day!
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