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Old 09-12-2005, 06:00 AM   #17 (permalink)
lemontree
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Originally Posted by srirangan
I fail to understand the need for Palestine when there already is a state of Jordan. And if there were to be a Palestine state, why should only Israel concede land? Why not Jordan? Wasn't Jordan also carved out of the same deal on Ottomon lands?
Paletine is the original name (as known) and Israel was the biblical name of the region for the Jews (as the promised land by God). Today Jordan does bot occupy any major area of Palestine, they got kicked out during the 6 day war in 1967.
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