How to understand "those maps" on Modern Israeli History!
For example, that well known pro Palestinian Arab falsehood propaganda image doing the rounds on the Internet, that has four maps on it falsely-purporting a "Shrinking Palestine", and for which there is an answering image debunking the allegations. But for those who are unfamiliar with modern history, a short and handy list can briefly provide the necessary information to understand such maps:
Firstly, the image debunking the pro Palestinian Arab falsehood propaganda image falsely-alleging a "Shrinking Palestine":
![[Image: lying++maps.jpg]](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LkgW_KeiCjY/UiKaW5ZoLMI/AAAAAAAAFyo/yq3ZURC_kPo/s1600/lying++maps.jpg)
Debunked image (above) of four maps entitled "Palestinian loss of land 1946 to 2000":
(Maps from left to right.)
i. First map: 1922 to 1948 - “British Mandate Palestine”. The name “Palestine” had not been used politically since the time it was imposed by the Romans, and now resurrected for the British Mandate.
Both the Romans and the British being rule by a foreign imperial power.
ii. Second map: 1947 - “United Nations proposed Partition Plan (attempt at a two state solution) under resolution 181, rejected by the Palestinian Arabs, who:
Started a civil war to oppose the U.N. Partition Plan, take ALL the land and expel or murder the Jews.
iii. Third map: 1948 to 1967 - The illegal-occupation by Transjordan (since Jordan) of Judah and Samaria (“West Bank”) and East Jerusalem, and the illegal-occupation by Egypt of Gaza.
iv. Fourth map: 1995 - The Oslo Accords (attempt at a two-state solution); afterwhich the Palestinian Arabs:
Claim ALL the land, continued with terrorism, fired thousands of rockets at Israeli cities, and committed the October 7th, 2023 massacre of Israelis.
Handy list to briefly assist people to understand Modern Historical maps of the land of Israel:
The Romans attempted to rename the land of Israel, “Palestine” which means Philistine (referring to a much smaller area of the land of the by then, defunct Philistines), and which is pronounced Philistine (Filistine) in Arabic:
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Bar_Kochba
Once on the webpage search for the text (without the quotes) “In the aftermath of the war".
The Ottoman Empire did not call their occupation of the land of Israel “Palestine”, but Ottoman-occupied Israel was within the Ottoman province of “Syria”:
Image: List of Ottoman Turkish provinces called “vilayets”, which the reader can see includes “Syria”:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c...ves%29.png
The name “Palestine” was used politically only twice: By the Romans and later it was resurrected for the Mandate awarded to Great Britain; both of these being foreign imperial powers:
https://www.britannica.com/place/Palestine
Once on the webpage search for the text (without the quotes):
"After the Crusades the name remained"
There are some old maps entitled “Palestine”, but if you look on the map itself the name “Palestine” does not appear and instead you see the correct names “Judah” and “Samaria”:
Example:
https://maps.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histori...a_1849.jpg
The British Mandate 1922 to 1948 (British Mandate Palestine) was rule by a foreign imperial power.
Under the British Mandate both Arabs and Jews could become “Palestinian” citizens, a citizenship which ended with the end of the British Mandate in 1948:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians
Once on the webpage search for the text (without the quotes):
"During the Mandatory Palestine period"
In 1947 the United Nations passed a proposed Partition Plan under resolution 181 (attempt at a two-state solution):
https://documents.un.org/doc/resolution/...003888.pdf
This was accepted by the then Jewish Community but it takes both parties to form any agreement. The Palestinian Arabs started a civil war which intensified 1947 to 1948 to: Oppose the U.N. Partition Plan, take ALL the land, and expel or murder the Jews.
Surrounding Arab states invaded to militarily support the Palestinian Arab aims.
https://www.britannica.com/event/1948-Arab-Israeli-War
In 1948 the consequential Jewish defense resulted in the Re-establishment of Jewish sovereignty - Israel,
while at the same time Transjordan (since Jordan) illegally-occupied Judah and Samaria (from which time it became wrongly-known as “West Bank, the”), and East Jerusalem from which the Jordanians expelled the Jews. Egypt illegally-occupied Gaza:
(See previous Link.)
In 1967 Israel recovered its ancestral-lands of: Gaza, Judah and Samaria (“West Bank”), and East Jerusalem:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War
In 1995 as an attempt at “land for peace” and a two-state solution under the Oslo Accords in 1995, Israel granted the Palestinian Arabs autonomy of part of the "West Bank" (40%) and the whole of Gaza. Thereafter the Palestinian Arabs:
Claimed ALL the land (Palestinian National Charter, and their education system), continued with terrorism, fired thousands of rockets at Israeli cities, and committed the massacre of Israelis on October 7th, 2023.
Conclusion:
There has never been any indigenous “Palestine” / Arab sovereign state in the land of Israel upon which the Palestinian Arabs could base any claim to any part of Israel.
Israel is Re-established within the Jewish ancestral-homeland as can be seen from a map of the post-Biblical Jewish Hasmonean Kingdom - see below.
Internationally-recognised history shows that the last indigenous sovereign state in the land of Israel (Roman-imposed name “Palestine”), prior to the
RE-establishment of Israel in 1948, was the post-Biblical Jewish Hasmonean Kingdom. It included Judah and Samaria (what is now referred to as the “West Bank”), Gaza, and Golan Heights.
Capital (what is now East) Jerusalem / “Old City”; between 110 BCE / 754 BH and 63 BCE / 706 BH - Map:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c...ingdom.jpg
For example, that well known pro Palestinian Arab falsehood propaganda image doing the rounds on the Internet, that has four maps on it falsely-purporting a "Shrinking Palestine", and for which there is an answering image debunking the allegations. But for those who are unfamiliar with modern history, a short and handy list can briefly provide the necessary information to understand such maps:
Firstly, the image debunking the pro Palestinian Arab falsehood propaganda image falsely-alleging a "Shrinking Palestine":
Debunked image (above) of four maps entitled "Palestinian loss of land 1946 to 2000":
(Maps from left to right.)
i. First map: 1922 to 1948 - “British Mandate Palestine”. The name “Palestine” had not been used politically since the time it was imposed by the Romans, and now resurrected for the British Mandate.
Both the Romans and the British being rule by a foreign imperial power.
ii. Second map: 1947 - “United Nations proposed Partition Plan (attempt at a two state solution) under resolution 181, rejected by the Palestinian Arabs, who:
Started a civil war to oppose the U.N. Partition Plan, take ALL the land and expel or murder the Jews.
iii. Third map: 1948 to 1967 - The illegal-occupation by Transjordan (since Jordan) of Judah and Samaria (“West Bank”) and East Jerusalem, and the illegal-occupation by Egypt of Gaza.
iv. Fourth map: 1995 - The Oslo Accords (attempt at a two-state solution); afterwhich the Palestinian Arabs:
Claim ALL the land, continued with terrorism, fired thousands of rockets at Israeli cities, and committed the October 7th, 2023 massacre of Israelis.
Handy list to briefly assist people to understand Modern Historical maps of the land of Israel:
The Romans attempted to rename the land of Israel, “Palestine” which means Philistine (referring to a much smaller area of the land of the by then, defunct Philistines), and which is pronounced Philistine (Filistine) in Arabic:
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Bar_Kochba
Once on the webpage search for the text (without the quotes) “In the aftermath of the war".
The Ottoman Empire did not call their occupation of the land of Israel “Palestine”, but Ottoman-occupied Israel was within the Ottoman province of “Syria”:
Image: List of Ottoman Turkish provinces called “vilayets”, which the reader can see includes “Syria”:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c...ves%29.png
The name “Palestine” was used politically only twice: By the Romans and later it was resurrected for the Mandate awarded to Great Britain; both of these being foreign imperial powers:
https://www.britannica.com/place/Palestine
Once on the webpage search for the text (without the quotes):
"After the Crusades the name remained"
There are some old maps entitled “Palestine”, but if you look on the map itself the name “Palestine” does not appear and instead you see the correct names “Judah” and “Samaria”:
Example:
https://maps.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histori...a_1849.jpg
The British Mandate 1922 to 1948 (British Mandate Palestine) was rule by a foreign imperial power.
Under the British Mandate both Arabs and Jews could become “Palestinian” citizens, a citizenship which ended with the end of the British Mandate in 1948:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians
Once on the webpage search for the text (without the quotes):
"During the Mandatory Palestine period"
In 1947 the United Nations passed a proposed Partition Plan under resolution 181 (attempt at a two-state solution):
https://documents.un.org/doc/resolution/...003888.pdf
This was accepted by the then Jewish Community but it takes both parties to form any agreement. The Palestinian Arabs started a civil war which intensified 1947 to 1948 to: Oppose the U.N. Partition Plan, take ALL the land, and expel or murder the Jews.
Surrounding Arab states invaded to militarily support the Palestinian Arab aims.
https://www.britannica.com/event/1948-Arab-Israeli-War
In 1948 the consequential Jewish defense resulted in the Re-establishment of Jewish sovereignty - Israel,
while at the same time Transjordan (since Jordan) illegally-occupied Judah and Samaria (from which time it became wrongly-known as “West Bank, the”), and East Jerusalem from which the Jordanians expelled the Jews. Egypt illegally-occupied Gaza:
(See previous Link.)
In 1967 Israel recovered its ancestral-lands of: Gaza, Judah and Samaria (“West Bank”), and East Jerusalem:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War
In 1995 as an attempt at “land for peace” and a two-state solution under the Oslo Accords in 1995, Israel granted the Palestinian Arabs autonomy of part of the "West Bank" (40%) and the whole of Gaza. Thereafter the Palestinian Arabs:
Claimed ALL the land (Palestinian National Charter, and their education system), continued with terrorism, fired thousands of rockets at Israeli cities, and committed the massacre of Israelis on October 7th, 2023.
Conclusion:
There has never been any indigenous “Palestine” / Arab sovereign state in the land of Israel upon which the Palestinian Arabs could base any claim to any part of Israel.
Israel is Re-established within the Jewish ancestral-homeland as can be seen from a map of the post-Biblical Jewish Hasmonean Kingdom - see below.
Internationally-recognised history shows that the last indigenous sovereign state in the land of Israel (Roman-imposed name “Palestine”), prior to the
RE-establishment of Israel in 1948, was the post-Biblical Jewish Hasmonean Kingdom. It included Judah and Samaria (what is now referred to as the “West Bank”), Gaza, and Golan Heights.
Capital (what is now East) Jerusalem / “Old City”; between 110 BCE / 754 BH and 63 BCE / 706 BH - Map:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c...ingdom.jpg