Where can I find documentation of Palestinian history while in Israel?

Question

I am going to Israel and am now curious to find the museums, the dig sites etc.. that confirm a "Palestinian" presence in the land going back thousands of years.

Answer 1

There isnt anything beyond the 20th century. If you look to the Arab World Documentation unit or Passia.org --both working to catalog Palestinian history--you will find it only deals with the time of the early 1900 hundreds and the Ottoman Empire which controlled the area at the time.

The Hashimite King was next and Hashimites are Jordanians which is most of the "Palestinians" are from. He controlled most of Jerusalem and other Israeli territory until the 1967 war and I find it amazing that when he had controll he didnt establish or even name the peoples there Palestinian--instead--he wanted all annexed to Jordan and the so called palestinians didnt object.

In fact--if you read some of the Arabs own documentation you will see it wasnt until 1911 that the term "Palestinian" began being used and the Arabs of the region didnt like it.

Not until Arafat turned it around to use as a political tool to rewrite history was the term accepted.

As far as archeology going back thousands of yrs--there is none. In fact the more sites uncovered in Israel the more it establishes the Hebrew presense of thousands of years.

There has been recent fighting regarding the Old city and Temple mount as some Israelis believe the "Palestinians" are attempting to destroy historic sites that point to the Jewish Temple under the current Mosque.

Now if you can make a side trip into Jordan--there you find what you are looking for.

Answer 2

Okay, I know you are Israeli settler and you are in "Israel" now, so it is so simple for you to be sure that the roots of Palestinians are there since the creation of the earth….

First: go to Hifa and Jafa and the small evacuated villages arrowed every city of what you call it "Israel", you will find a lot of old houses and farms and water cannels and many things proofing that the Palestinian civilization was there.

Second: go to your neighbors, your friends in the university, your relatives, stop any bus in "Israel" and ask any body you want if he was in "Israel" or his father or his friends just before 80 years, I am saying just 80 years back…. Then you will realize that there was not a single Jew there…

Third: if you go from Criyat shmoneh to Elat, you will not find any historical place belongs to Israel or to Jewish, all the historical places are related to Muslims and Christians… so any stupid should realize that this place not for the israels.

Fourth: yes there is many museums, first in Jerusalem there is a museum near the Aqsa Mosque, go there and you will fined astonishing facts. "I am saying astonishing assuming that you really don't know" .

Fifth: Go under the Aqsa mosque, to the tunnels made by the Israelis, and you will find more and more historical facts showing that there is nothing related to Jewish under the Aqsa mosque and all what is there is belong to Palestinians.
And if there is any thing related to Jewish, why don't they show it to public.

If you did what I told you and still you are not satisfied, put another question here and I will tell you more ways…..

Answer 3

The Palestinians date their history from 1947. Before that "Palestinian" was a name used to designate Jews who had moved to Ottoman or British controlled "Palestine" en mass since the 19th century.

Your best bet will probably be consulting with the history chair at Beir Zeit University:
http://www.birzeit.edu/p/ps?url=academics/faculties/arts&id=50262

Answer 4

There was no such thing!