Pharaoh Merneptah can answer letter writer Malik’s question regarding when Israel existed. The Pharaoh commissioned a stele to commemorate a military campaign, and the stele specifically names Israel. This victory over specifically named Israel occurred around 1200 BCE. Writer Malik can check out the stele in the Cairo Egyptian Museum.
As the land bridge between Africa and Asia, Israel was invaded and occupied many times but a Jewish population has always been present, long before there were any Rothschilds.
After the Roman conquest in 63 BCE, no Roman ever mentioned the existence of a Palestinian state in the area. Surely the Romans would have noticed had such an entity existed.
When Jordan occupied Judea/Samaria (West Bank) and Egypt occupied Gaza from 1948 to 1967, the creation of a State of Palestine was not a topic Jordan and Egypt discussed.
Writer Malik apparently has not read the Hamas Covenant, which states, “Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterates it.” Israel’s existence is threatened, and military experts have testified to Israel’s unprecedented efforts at minimizing civilian casualties, so it is utterly immoral to accuse Israel of responding “disproportionately.”
War is terrible. Civilians suffer — always. Perhaps an unprovoked invasion of a neighboring country and the massacre of its populace, along with mass abductions into sex slavery is inexcusable and not”pro-humanity.”
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