At the heart of the Middle-East conflict are two major waring religions: Islam and Judaism who have been fighting for literally millennia. It should be remembered that Jews are in both the Old and New Testaments and were in that land millennia before Islam was even invented.
Islam came along at least a thousand years after Judaism making its claim to anything null and void. Those are the simple and indisputable facts. The entire claim by Islam to 'Palestine' is based on the story that Mohammed flew there, on the back of a magic donkey called Buraq, declaring the place in the name of Islam the second he landed.
Palestine is a region, not a people. A piece of scrub land that has no intrinsic value, precious minerals or vast oil reserves. If it had, then they would have been mined by now, wouldn't they?
"The Palestinian people do not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel.” - Yasser Arafat
The Myth of “Palestine”
The modern narrative of Palestine is completely fake. There were no 'ancient' people called Palestinians, the story was invented by Yasser Arafat in the 1960s to justify the murder of Jews. Arafat, an Islamic terrorist, created the idea that the Arabs living in Israel were somehow a special tribe who had always been there (they hadn't, they'd arrived about five minutes before the Jews returned, in the 19th century, pouring in from Egypt, Syria, Iraq and other Islamic countries in the region.
The creation of a Palestinian national identity was, a political invention—a tool to challenge Israel’s legitimacy. Arafat’s own statements reveal the lie; he's on record saying, “The Palestinian people do not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel.”
The Palestinian narrative, which falsely claims a special group of Muslims have an ancient connection to the land, has now become 'fact' thanks mainly to the BBC. Yasser Arafat, created the lie of a distinct Palestinian identity as part of a broader strategy to delegitimise Israel. Before 1968, “Palestinian” was a term primarily used to describe all inhabitants of the British Mandate territory, including Jews. Now it is used to describe Muslims in Israel.
The land known today as Israel and the Palestinian territories has never been the sovereign state of “Palestine.” For centuries, it was a neglected backwater of the Ottoman Empire. The Jewish people, on the other hand, maintained an unbroken connection to this land, praying for their return even while in diaspora.
Another advantage of this lie is that it obscures what is actually happening. Palestinians are simply Muslims, ethnically and religiously identical to those living in neighbouring countries such as Jordan, and Syria. They false narrative has effectively inverted the truth. Muslims are the aggressors, determined to wipe Jews off the face of the earth.
A Tiny Nation in a Hostile Region
Contrast Israel’s size with the vast expanse of the Islamic world, which covers a staggering one-fifth of the globe. Stretching from the Atlantic coast of North Africa to the islands of Southeast Asia, the Muslim-majority nations encompass over 50 countries and hundreds of millions of people. The sheer scale of this bloc dwarfs Israel, making its very survival an extraordinary feat.
Yet, the aggression against Israel is not limited to military campaigns. Radical interpretations of Islam, drawn from centuries-old doctrines, fuel a global movement bent on conquering lands and subjugating peoples. This is not an abstract claim; Islamic teachings, including passages from the Quran and Hadith, have often been interpreted to promote the spread of Islam by any means necessary—be it persuasion, conversion, or force.
Reality Check: Islam is a religion of war and conquest its religious leaders are routinely seen with guns, and every single terrorist attack in Europe in the last twenty years has been carried out in the name of it.
Islam’s Historical Legacy of Conquest
Islamic history is punctuated by military conquests, beginning with the rapid expansion of the Caliphate in the 7th century. From the Middle East to Europe, North Africa to India, Islam’s spread often came through war. While millions of Muslims live peacefully today, radical factions take inspiration from these historical precedents, seeing the world divided into Dar al-Islam (the land of Islam) and Dar al-Harb (the land of war). The latter, they believe, must be brought under Islamic rule.
This ideology directly threatens nations like Israel, which is surrounded by adversaries openly calling for its destruction. Groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah, supported by powerful nations like Iran, adhere to this extremist vision. They reject Israel’s very right to exist, seeking not peace but annihilation.
Reality Check: Israel is Just 71 miles long and 41 miles wide whilst Islam covers one-fifth of the entire globe
Israel’s Right to Defend Its Existence
Israel, a nation barely the size of New Jersey, stands as a beacon of democracy and resilience in a sea of hostility. At just 71 miles long and 41 miles wide, this tiny sliver of land is the ancestral home of the Jewish people, who have endured millennia of persecution and exile. Yet, despite its minuscule size, Israel faces relentless aggression from radical Islamic forces determined to erase it from the map.
Israel’s Right to Defend Its Existence
Faced with this context, Israel’s right to defend itself is indisputable. Surrounded by nations and groups that deny its right to exist, the Jewish state must remain vigilant. Whether combating the indiscriminate rocket fire of Hamas or defending against the ideological war waged by global Islamist movements, Israel acts not out of aggression but necessity.
The world must understand the stakes. Israel is not an aggressor but a defender—a small, embattled nation standing firm against a vast and hostile ideology that seeks its destruction. Those who criticise Israel’s actions fail to see the larger picture: this is not merely a territorial dispute but a battle for the survival of a people and their homeland.
In defending itself, Israel defends the values of democracy, freedom, and coexistence. And in supporting Israel, the world takes a stand against the forces of tyranny and intolerance.
Comments