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Originally Posted by Stan187
Jad,
They were not Palestinians in the beginning. That identity was formed in 60s. Prior to that, they never thought of themselves as "Palestinians" like they do today. Arabs had come and gone from this territory without particularly identifying with it for centuries. That identity was only formed when their fellow Arabs would not integrate them into their own countries, and through suffering that common hardship of rejection.
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Perhaps not, but does that change anything? When I was in the ME, the Palestinians (whatever their name was) were always spoken of as very distinct people than Arabs... (Is Semitic the right word?). In fact, they were often referred to as more enterprising and possessing better administrative skills than others in the ME. Strikes me that you are throwing up a red herring...
