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Originally posted by FearNoEvil
reply to post by traditionaldrummer
Let Helen Thomas lead by example - she needs to get out of the USA - she is an occupier of Native Indian land!
I think it it part of their lot as a nation to remain trodden under foot and oppressed until such time as they can please their creator.
Originally posted by FearNoEvil
reply to post by traditionaldrummer
I think every person in the world needs to uproot and return to their ancestral land. Everybody start over. Ireland, here I come.
The Seljuk Turks conquered Jerusalem in 1071, but their rule in Palestine lasted less than 30 years. Initially they were replaced by the Fatimid rulers of Egypt. The Fatimids took advantage of the Seljuk struggles with the Christian crusaders. They made an alliance with the crusaders in 1098 and captured Jerusalem, Jaffa and other parts of Palestine.
The Crusaders, however, broke the alliance and invaded Palestine about a year later. They captured Jaffa and Jerusalem in 1099, slaughtered many Jewish and Muslim defenders and forbade Jews to live in Jerusalem. They held the city until 1187. In that year, the Muslim ruler Saladin conquered Jerusalem. The Crusaders then held a smaller and smaller area along the coast of Palestine, under treaty with Saladin. However, they broke the treaty with Saladin and later treaties. Crusade after crusade tried to recapture Jerusalem, but they were unable to do so for more than a brief period.
The Crusaders left Palestine for good when the Muslims captured Acre in 1291. During the post-crusade period, crusaders often raided the coast of Palestine. To deny the Crusaders gains from these raids, the Muslims pulled their people back from the coasts and destroyed coastal towns and farms. This depopulated and impoverished the coast of Palestine for hundreds of years.
In the mid-1200's, Mamelukes, originally soldier-slaves of the Arabs based in Egypt, established an empire that in time included the area of Palestine. Arab-speaking Muslims made up most of the population of the area once called Palestine. Beginning in the late 1300's, Jews from Spain and other Mediterranean lands settled in Jerusalem and other parts of the land. The Ottoman Empire defeated the Mamelukes in 1517, and Palestine became part of the Ottoman Empire.
The Turkish Sultan invited Jews fleeing the Spanish Catholic inquisition to settle in the Turkish empire, including several cities in Palestine.
Originally posted by Blanca Rose
What is she, about 105 years old?
Honestly, I don't think she has a clue what she is saying, and has some form of dementia.
Sad really, that she has this type of opinion.
Originally posted by FearNoEvil
reply to post by traditionaldrummer
I think every person in the world needs to uproot and return to their ancestral land. Everybody start over. Ireland, here I come.
Originally posted by TheSam
And the witchhunt begins at Fox for her dismissal as three reporters take turns bitching about her & calling for her to be fired!
How quick they were to forget that it was Helen Thomas that called out Obama on his fake town hall meetings.
Originally posted by FearNoEvil
reply to post by traditionaldrummer
I think every person in the world needs to uproot and return to their ancestral land. Everybody start over. Ireland, here I come.