October 27, 2026

The Palestinian Nation

In Palestine, there was a population that spoke Arabic, was predominantly Muslim, with a Christian minority and tiny Jewish communities. Then came an influx of Jews. The fact that Palestine was not an independent state but a British Mandate does not change the situation. It is as if a wave of Arabs were to pour into Sicily, claiming that it was their land because they had inhabited it a thousand years ago: the fact that there is no independent Sicilian state does not change things.