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Myths & Facts
Chapter 1: Israel's Roots

By: Mitchell G. Bard

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The Jews have no claim to the land they call Israel.
Palestine was always an Arab country. [Updated]
The Palestinians are descendants of the Canaanites and were in Palestine long before the Jews. [Updated]
The Palestinians have Aboriginal rights to Palestine.
The Balfour Declaration did not give Jews the right to a homeland in Palestine.
Arabs in Palestine suffered because of Jewish settlement.
Zionism is racism.
The Zionists could have chosen another country besides Palestine.
The Zionists were colonialist tools of Western imperialism. [Updated]
The British promised the Arabs independence in Palestine.
Jesus was a Palestinian. [Updated]
Palestine was heavily populated with Arabs before the Zionists arrived.
Palestinians are indigenous to the area previously known as Palestine.

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