"" ... desolate country whose soil is rich enough, but is given over wholly to weeds-a silent mournful expanse....A desolation is here that not even imagination can grace with the pomp of life and action....We never saw a human being on the whole route....There was hardly a tree or a shrub anywhere. Even the olive and the cactus, those fast friends of the worthless soil, had almost deserted the country." See http://ift.tt/1kfkQqS A special report by DEADBEEF Fake Quote The quote above is an infamous Mark Twain 'quote' of 1867 used time and again by Zionist trolls when trying to justify the Zionist invasion of Palestine by saying the land was empty. In fact it's a totally fictitious manufactured quote made up of snippets of text from different chapters in the Mark Twain book separated by '...' to make it look like one coherent quote. In fact it's just bits cut out from where Samuel Clemens is bitching about the heat and rockyness while visiting mountaneous locations. Here's how it works - out of context snippets indicated by ->> snippet <<- From Chapter 47 he describes a short journey in mid-summer heat through a mountain trail to visit the Sea of Gallilee. "We traversed some miles of ->> desolate country whose soil is rich enough, but is given over wholly to weeds--a silent, mournful expanse <<-, wherein we saw only three persons--Arabs, with nothing on but a long coarse shirt like the "tow-linen" shirts which used to form the only summer garment of little negro boys on Southern plantations. Shepherds they were, and they charmed their flocks with the traditional shepherd's pipe--a reed instrument that made music as exquisitely infernal as these same Arabs create when they sing." From Chapter 49 musing on a remote battlefield "It was hard to realize that this silent plain had once resounded with martial music and trembled to the tramp of armed men. It was hard to people this solitude with rushing columns of cavalry, and stir its torpid pulses with the shouts of victors, the shrieks of the wounded, and the flash of banner and steel above the surging billows of war. ->> A desolation is here that not even imagination can grace with the pomp of life and action. <<-" - In that quote, desolation means great unhappiness or loneliness. A feeling often found on battlefields. Later, travelling back to town We reached Tabor safely, and considerably in advance of that old iron-clad swindle of a guard. ->> We never saw a human being on the whole route <<-, much less lawless hordes of Bedouins. And from Chapter 52 describing his journey over rough terrain on a journey to Damascus "The further we went the hotter the sun got, and the more rocky and bare, repulsive and dreary the landscape became. There could not have been more fragments of stone strewn broadcast over this part of the world, if every ten square feet of the land had been occupied by a separate and distinct stonecutter's establishment for an age. ->> There was hardly a tree or a shrub anywhere. Even the olive and the cactus, those fast friends of a worthless soil, had almost deserted the country <<-. No landscape exists that is more tiresome to the eye than that which bounds the approaches to Jerusalem." The false quote is spread far and wide on the Internet and is listed in the "Li'l Zionists Handbook Of Propaganda" as grade-A repartee. You will often see it cut and posted into forums. LL's trolls are especially guilty. Empty Land One of the Zionist myths from the 19th century was that Palestine was A land without a people for a people without a land . Never mind that this was first phrased by a Christian Zionist, Rev. Alexander Keith, D.D in 1843, and as false then as it is now, the concept was rapidly taken up by Jewish Zionists and is a major element of Zionist propaganda today. Especially on the Internet and even more so on LL from the resident Zionist Trolls. They claim with no justification whatsoever that the land was nearly completely empty and that the inhabitants of Palestine in 1947 were recent migrants from other Arab countries with no ties whatsoever to the land. The facts are - Palestine wasn't empty - Palestine was a highly productive primarily agrarian society - There was no massive Arab immigration - Palestine wasn't an invention of Yasser Arafat - it was and is the name of the land for millenia And saddest of all, many if not most Israelis and Jews falsely believe that Palestine was empty and barren - ripe for the taking by the Zionists. I've seen analysis by Jewish authors who see it as a national necessity to believe this, because otherwise they'd have to face the truth of the killing and evicting of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians and bulldozing their villages - somthing no nice Jew would ever do... An example of this institutionalised racism and propaganda is at http://ift.tt/1e52joK where surprise surprise our fake quote features prominently ! :-) Palestine Demographics Palestine - as it was called in the 19th Century and on until today - was a typical Middle-Eastern community although it had larger minorities than usual including Christians. It certainly wasn't empty and it played a key role in the regional area in food production and commerce. The populated areas of Palestine closely approximated the modern populated areas of Israel and the West Bank. The farmed areas closely approximated modern farmed areas - give or take some irrigation. The only difference between circa 1850 and circa 1947 was the population of around 500,000 in 1850 was around a quarter the 1947 figure of around 2 million - and that was mainly due to poor health-care in the 1850s. Starting in the 1850s the Palestinian population started growing not by immigration but by natural fertility as a result of new medical advances Right Wing Jewish Historian Yehoshua Porath says : " ...the Arab population began to grow again in the middle of the nineteenth century. That growth resulted from a new factor: the demographic revolution. Until the 1850s there was no "natural" increase of the population, but this began to change when modern medical treatment was introduced and modern hospitals were established, both by the Ottoman authorities and by the foreign Christian missionaries. The number of births remained steady but infant mortality decreased. This was the main reason for Arab population growth. ... No one would doubt that some migrant workers came to Palestine from Syria and Trans-Jordan and remained there. But one has to add to this that there were migrations in the opposite direction as well. For example, a tradition developed in Hebron to go to study and work in Cairo, with the result that a permanent community of Hebronites had been living in Cairo since the fifteenth century. Trans-Jordan exported unskilled casual labor to Palestine; but before 1948 its civil service attracted a good many educated Palestinian Arabs who did not find work in Palestine itself. Demographically speaking, however, neither movement of population was significant in comparison to the decisive factor of natural increase " The Ground Truth in Palestine Luckily we have some extraordinarily detailed reports from travellers that also debunk the entire Zionist myth. In particular Bayard Taylor, and J.W McGarvey, both American, give us a very clear picture of Palestine in the mid 19th Century - immediately prior to Zionist influenced changes. The following quotes are primarily from Lands of the Saracen - Bayard Taylor, 1852 http://ift.tt/1e52kcf Lands of the Bible - J.W. McGarvey 1879 http://ift.tt/1e52kch The Taylor journey was immediately prior to the start of Zionist colonisation and reflects the state of the land and people without any Zionist influence. The McGarvey book was written in 1879 and a very small amount of Zionist colonisation had occurred - though they were only in a few locations living as a tiny minority. Both authors are Christians and reflect the mores and attitudes of their time. Taylor is more an explorer while McGarvey is an academic and minister of religion. Jews in Palestine - 1850 onwards Both authors report on meeting Jews and got different impressions. It is striking that Taylor only observed Oriental Jews - who had been in Palestine for a long time and Taylor regarded favourably, while McGarvey only saw White Jews and did not seem impressed. In appearance, as well as in dress, the Jews of Palestine are quite different from those commonly seen in America, and especially is this true of those in Jerusalem. Most of them are pale and thin, with bent forms and unhealthy complexion. The Jews work at various mechanical trades, keep little stands for money-changing, and deal in the usual articles of traffic in the bazaars. Many of them are exceedingly poor, and are fed by contributions from their more prosperous brethren in Europe and America. The native Jewish families in Jerusalem, as well as those in other parts of Palestine, present a marked difference to the Jews of Europe and America. They possess the same physical characteristics--the dark, oblong eye, the prominent nose, the strongly-marked cheek and jaw--but in the latter, these traits have become harsh and coarse. Centuries devoted to the lowest and most debasing forms of traffic, with the endurance of persecution and contumely, have greatly changed and vulgarized the appearance of the race. But the Jews of the Holy City still retain a noble beauty The Jewish Quarter, which is the largest, so sickened and disgusted me, that I should rather go the whole round of the city walls than pass through it a second time. They both agree that the numbers of Jews in Palestine was around 20,000 out of a population of around 500,000 to 600,000. They also place them as predominately urban and predominately in Jerusalem. The comments on Jews were typical of the mores of time and matched comments about Arabs and Christians. Town and District Summary The following descriptions are collected from the travel books. They show a Palestine that was well populated and productive. Not just in the environs of Jerusalem (which actually wasn't that productive). Acre All the houses of the city are built in the most massive style, of hard gray limestone or marble, and this circumstance alone prevented their complete destruction during the English bombardment in 1841. The marks of the shells are everywhere seen, and the upper parts of the lofty buildings are completely riddled with cannon-balls, some of which remain embedded in the stone. There were a dozen vessels in the harbor, which is considered the best in Syria. (Palestine was then part of Syria) Haifa We ascended to Mount Carmel. The path led through a grove of carob trees, from which the beans, known in Germany as St. John's bread, are produced. After this we came into an olive grove at the foot of the mountain, from which long fields of wheat, giving forth a ripe summer smell, flowed down to the shore of the bay. Caesarea The soil, where it was ploughed, was the richest vegetable loam. Where it lay fallow it was entirely hidden by a bed of grass and camomile. Here and there great herds of sheep and goats browsed on the herbage. Nazareth Although Nazareth was once an insignificant village, out of which no good thing could be expected to come, and although it has continued until a comparatively recent date in much the same condition, it is now the largest, the handsomest, and by far the most important town in all Galilee. Nazareth is built along the southeastern slope of a ridge which is not less than 300 feet high. It is a long and narrow town, stretching from northeast to southwest along the foot of the ridge, and rising about halfway to its summit. Its population numbers about six thousand, nearly all Christians; that is, they are Greek and Latin Catholics, with a very few Protestants. The present town of Nazareth is largely of recent growth. Conder remarks: "Twenty years ago Nazareth was a poor village; now it is a flourishing town."5 It has probably doubled its size and population within that period, and many new houses were in course of erection when the author was there in 1879. This prosperity is due to the use of European capital and influence. (NB growth was not from Jewish or Arab settlement) But when the eye is lifted from the basin of surrounding hills in which Nazareth is hid, it stretches in every direction over a magnificent prospect. Back in the direction whence we have traveled, much of the Plain of Esdra'elon is in full view, with Mount Gil'boa and Jebel Du'hy on the left, and both Nain and Endor visible on the northern slope of the latter. To the right the long ridge of Mount Carmel is distinctly seen from end to end, and farther to the right are the Plain and the Bay of A'cre. Turning toward the north, all Galilee stretches before us, the lower hills dotted with many villages in the foreground, and the loftier mountains rising toward the Lebanon range in the distance. Jaffa (Joppa) The aspect of Jaffa is exceedingly picturesque. It is built on a hill, and the land for many miles around it being low and flat, its topmost houses overlook all the fields of Sharon. We rode under the heavily arched and towered gateway, and entered the bazaar. The street was crowded, and there was such a confusion of camels, donkeys, and men, that we made our way with difficulty The sea-street was filled with merchants and traders, and we were obliged to pick our way between bars of iron, skins of oil, heaps of oranges, and piles of building timber. At last we reached the end, and, as there was no other thoroughfare, returned the same way we went, passed out the gate, and took the road to Ramleh and Jerusalem. Its population and its commercial importance have greatly increased within the last 25 years, so that it has outgrown its walls and torn them down. The present population of the city and its suburbs is estimated at from 15,000 to 20,000, mostly Mohammedans (NB The population included some Jews showing the start of the Zionist flood into Palestine since the 1850s) ]The oranges of Jaffa are the finest in Syria, and great numbers of them are sent to Beyrout and other ports further north. The dark foliage of the pomegranate fairly blazed with its heavy scarlet blossoms, and here and there a cluster of roses made good the Scriptural renown of those of Sharon. The road was filled with people, passing to and fro. The lands immediately around Joppa (Jaffa) are now the most carefully and profitably cultivated of all in Palestine. There are 400 orange-gardens of from 21/2 to 6 acres each, amounting to probably 1300 or 1400 acres of this delightful fruit, and the oranges are in some respects the finest in the world. They are entirely seedless; they have no tough membrane between their compartments; they have a thick juice with a delicious flavor; and they are of immense size, many measuring about 12 inches in circumference. Between 200,000 and 300,000 bushels of them are annually shipped to the ports of the Mediterranean and to the towns and villages of the interior. Besides oranges, lemons, apricots, citrons, grapes, and pomegranates are also cultivated in considerable quantities. All these fruit-gardens are irrigated by water drawn from wells which are only from 20 to 30 feet deep. Leaving the gate of Jaffa, we rode eastward between delightful gardens of fig, citron, orange, pomegranate and palm. After leaving the gardens, we came upon the great plain of Sharon, on which we could see the husbandmen at work far and near, ploughing and sowing their grain. The people are ploughing now for their summer crops, and the wheat and barley which they sowed last winter are already in full head. On other parts of the plain, there were large flocks of sheep and goats, with their attendant shepherds. So ran the rich landscape, broken only by belts of olive trees, to the far hills of Judea. Ramleh The view reached from Jaffa and the sea to the mountains near Jerusalem, and southward to the plain of Ascalon--a great expanse of grain and grazing land, all blossoming as the rose, and dotted, especially near the mountains, with dark, luxuriant olive-groves. The landscape had something of the green, pastoral beauty of England, except the mountains, which were wholly of Palestine. Leaving the baggage to follow, we rode ahead over the fertile fields. The wheat and poppies were glistening with dew, birds sang among the fig-trees, a cool breeze came down from the hollows of the hills, and my blood leaped as nimbly and joyously as a young hart on the mountains of Bether. Between Ramleh and the hill-country, a distance of about eight miles, is the rolling plain of Arimathea, and this, as well as the greater part of the plain of Sharon, is one of the richest districts in the world. The soil is a dark-brown loam, and, without manure, produces annually superb crops of wheat and barley. We rode for miles through a sea of wheat, waving far and wide over the swells of land. The tobacco in the fields about Ramleh was the most luxuriant I ever saw, and the olive and fig attain a size and lusty strength wholly unknown in Italy. Judea cursed of God! what a misconception, not only of God's mercy and beneficence, but of the actual fact! Except some parts of Asia Minor, no portion of the Levant is capable of yielding such a harvest of grain, silk, wool, fruits, oil, and wine. At a distance of about 12 miles from Joppa (Jaffa) on this road is the town of Ramleh. It is not named in the Scriptures, but has obtained its importance since the Mohammedan invasion. It is a well-built town of stone houses, containing a population of about 3000 souls, about one-third of whom are Greek Christians. The tower is really the minaret of the old mosque, though of unusual shape for a minaret, being square. It is ascended by 120 stone steps in the interior, and is about 80 feet high. From its balcony is obtained a beautiful view of the rich plain and its many villages. I did not tarry in Ramleh. The streets are narrow, crooked, and filthy as only an Oriental town can be. The houses have either flat roofs or domes, out of the crevices in which springs a plentiful crop of weeds. (Lud) It is a well-built town, and stands in the midst of a grove of olives extending about a mile northward, and reaching southward to Ramleh and beyond. This is probably the largest olive-grove in the Plain of Sha'ron. It is about five miles long from north to south, and from one to two miles wide. Intermingled with the olives are a few fig- and mulberry-trees. On to Jerusalem The stony mountain sides are wrought into terraces, where, in spite of soil which resembles an American turnpike, patches of wheat are growing luxuriantly, and olive trees, centuries old, hold on to the rocks with a clutch as hard and bony as the hand of Death. In the bed of the valley the fig tree thrives, and sometimes the vine and fig grow together, forming the patriarchal arbor of shade familiar to us all. ...into the Wady Beit-Hanineh. Here were gardens of oranges in blossom, with orchards of quince and apple, overgrown with vines, and the fragrant hawthorn tree, snowy with its bloom. (On seeing Jerusalem) Now, indeed, for one brief moment, I knew that I was in Palestine ; The Dead Sea and the Jordan River - This section to show that parts of Palestine are exceeding hot and rocky - but only parts. From the crest of the Hill of Offence there is a wide view over the heights on both sides of the valley of the Brook Kedron. Their sides are worked into terraces, now green with springing grain, and near the bottom planted with olive and fig trees. The upland ridge or watershed of Palestine is cultivated for a considerable distance around Jerusalem. The soil is light and stony, yet appears to yield a good return for the little labor bestowed upon it. We descended into the valley of a winter stream, now filled with patches of sparse wheat, just beginning to ripen. The mountains grew more bleak and desolate as we advanced The scanty grass, coaxed into life by the winter rains, was already scorched out of all greenness; The region is so scarred, gashed and torn, that no work of man's hand can save it from perpetual desolation. It is a wilderness more hopeless than the Desert. If I were left alone in the midst of it, I should lie down and await death, without thought or hope of rescue. (On the path to the dead sea from Hebron) No vegetation is seen on the hills except a few gray desert-bushes from one to two feet high, whose leaves are eaten by nothing but camels It gradually flattened into a plain, covered with a white, saline incrustation, and grown with clumps of sour willow, tamarisk, and other shrubs, among which I looked in vain for the osher, or Dead Sea apple. The plants appeared as if smitten with leprosy; but there were some flowers growing almost to the margin of the sea . The Jordan at this point will not average more than ten yards in breadth. It flows at the bottom of a gully about fifteen feet deep, which traverses the broad valley in a most tortuous course. The water has a white, clayey hue, and is very swift. We rode for nearly two hours, in a north-west direction, to the Bedouin village of Rihah, near the site of ancient Jericho. Before reaching it, the gray salt waste vanishes, and the soil is covered with grass and herbs. The barren character of the first region is evidently owing to deposits from the vapors of the Dead Sea, as they are blown over the plain by the south wind. The wilderness we now entered was fully as barren, but less rugged than that through which we passed yesterday. The path ascended along the brink of a deep gorge, at the bottom of which a little stream foamed over the rocks. The high, bleak summits towards which we were climbing, are considered by some Biblical geographers to be Mount Quarantana, the scene of Christ's fasting and temptation. The Hill-Country of Palestine Notwithstanding its sanctity, I felt little regret at leaving Jerusalem, and cheerfully took the rough road northward, over the stony hills. There were few habitations in sight, yet the hill-sides were cultivated, wherever it was possible for anything to grow. The wheat was just coming into head, and the people were at work, planting maize In the valley, beyond El Bireh, the husbandmen were already at their ploughs, and the village boys were on their way to the uncultured parts of the hills, with their flocks of sheep and goats. The village of Yebrood crowned a hill which rose opposite, and the mountain slopes leaning towards it on all sides were covered with orchards of fig trees; and either rustling with wheat or cleanly ploughed for maize. The soil was a dark brown loam, and very rich. The stones have been laboriously built into terraces; and, even where heavy rocky boulders almost hid the soil, young fig and olive trees were planted in the crevices between them. I have never seen more thorough and patient cultivation. In the crystal of the morning air, the very hills laughed with plenty, and the whole landscape beamed with the signs of gladness on its countenance. The site of ancient Bethel was not far to the right of our road. Over hills laden with the olive, fig, and vine, we passed to Ain el-Haramiyeh, or the Fountain of the Robbers. Mount Gerizim is cultivated nearly to the top, and is truly a mountain of blessing, compared with its neighbor. Through an orchard of grand old olive-trees, we reached Nablous, which presented a charming picture, with its long mass of white, dome-topped stone houses, stretching along the foot of Gerizim through a sea of bowery orchards. Nablus (Shechem) The narrow canyon in which Nablous, or Shechem, is situated, is under high cultivation, and the soil is exceedingly black and fertile. It is well watered, and its affluent vegetation gains effect by contrast with the barren hills that tower on either side. Over another ridge, we descended to a large, bowl-shaped valley, entirely covered with wheat, and opening eastward towards the Jordan. Thence to Nablous (the Shechem of the Old and Sychar of the New Testament) is four hours through a winding dell of the richest harvest land; Through an orchard of grand old olive-trees, we reached Nablous, which presented a charming picture, with its long mass of white, dome-topped stone houses, stretching along the foot of Gerizim through a sea of bowery orchards. The interior of the town (Nablous) is dark and filthy; but it has a long, busy bazaar extending its whole length, and a caf'e, where we procured the best coffee in Syria . Samaria We rode down the beautiful valley, taking the road to Sebaste (Samaria), while our luggage-mules kept directly over the mountains to Jenin. Our path at first followed the course of the stream, between turfy banks and through luxuriant orchards. The whole country we overlooked was planted with olive-trees, and, except the very summits of the mountains, covered with grain-fields. We descended to a valley on the east, climbed a long ascent, and after crossing the broad shoulder of a mountain beyond, saw below us a landscape even more magnificent than that of Nablous. It was a great winding valley, its bottom rolling in waves of wheat and barley, while every hill-side, up to the bare rock, was mantled with groves of olive. Our road, next day, lay directly across the Plain of Esdraelon, one of the richest districts in the world. It is now a green sea, covered with fields of wheat and barley, or great grazing tracts, on which multitudes of sheep and goats are wandering. Galilee From the top of Mount Tabor to Tiberias, on the Sea of Galilee, is a journey of five hours, through a wild country, with but one single miserable village on the road. (c.f. Mark Twain's rough journey to Galilee) Tiberias was at our very feet, a few palm trees alone relieving the nakedness of its dull walls. After taking a welcome drink at the Fountain of Fig-trees, we descended to the town, which has a desolate and forlorn air. Its walls have been partly thrown down by earthquakes, and never repaired. (c.f. Mark Twain) Where the valley begins to slope upward towards the hills, they plant wheat, barley, and lentils. The soil is the fattest brown loam, and the harvests are wonderfully rich. I saw many tracts of wheat, from half a mile to a mile in extent, which would average forty bushels to the acre. Yet the ground is never manured, and the Arab plough scratches up but a few inches of the surface. To the west and northwest of Sa'fed, scattered among the hills and valleys of northern Galilee, are many villages and some interesting ruins. Hebron At a distance of 10 miles from Hebron the road passes out from among the rugged hills between which it lies thus far, and enters upon a broad plain, cultivated in very extensive fields of grain, with rocky hills or ridges rising here and there at rare intervals. At 12 miles we reach the large and well-built village of Dahiri'yeh which stands on the very border of permanent habitations at the present day. The valleys and hillsides around Hebron are better cultivated in vines, and are set with finer orchards of olives, than any other section of Palestine. Grapes are produced in greater quantities than can be consumed while they are fresh, and, as the Mohammedans make no wine, the surplus is made into raisins. Its (Hebron) present population is between 8000 and 10,000, of whom 500 are Jews It is now chiefly devoted to grazing, though it is extensively cultivated in wheat by the Bed'awin Ar'abs. Bet Netif' ... on its summit is the village of Bet Netif'. This is a favorite camping-place for travelers. It is about 18 miles from Jerusalem, and near the road from that city to Gaza. It is a village of considerable size, said to contain a population of about 900, and within it are some remains of ancient buildings. Near the village is one of the finest threshing-floors in the country, composed entirely of the smooth face of a rock, and so elevated that it must seldom fail to have a breeze suitable for winnowing. Fine fig-trees grow on the summit of the hill, and the view, in every direction, is magnificent. IN THE LAND OF THE PHILIS'TINES. (Gaza and Ashkelon District) Turning the eye farther south, we see a large number of villages and towns, some perched on high conical hills rising out of the plain, and some on smooth ridges which impart a waving appearance to the surface. Most of them are surrounded by groves of olive-trees. Fields of grain everywhere checker the plain with yellow or green according to the season, while the dark shade of the freshly-plowed fields adds variety to the coloring. Gaza The modern Gaza (el Ghuzzeh), the most southern of the five ancient cities, is about 35 miles by the nearest route west of Hebron, and about 40 southwest of Jerusalem. It has now a population variously estiatmated at from 15,000 to 18,000.1 When Dr. Robinson saw it in 1838, he put the population at from 15,000 to 16,000, showing that there has been no material change in the last forty years. To the east the eye ranges over broad and fertile plains, terminated by the purple hills of Judah. Toward the south, beyond the cultivated district of a few miles, is seen the smooth surface of the desert, while toward the west, beyond a yellow strip of sand, roll the blue waves of the Meditteranean. That portion of the Philis'tine Plain lying between Gaza and the mountains of the east of it, together with all the grain and grazing-lands between that line and the desert to the south, is occupied by Bed'awin Ar'abs, who cultivate extensive fields of grain and pasture large herds of camels, cattle, sheep and goats, and a considerable number of horses. About two miles east of Askelon, and a little north, is the large and flourishing village of Mejdel, probably the Migdol-gad of Joshua (xv. 37), one of the cities given to Judah, but never captured by that tribe. It is chiefly built of sun-dried brick, but partly of soft sandstone. The present inhabitants are better dressed, appear more intelligent, and make greater efforts to ornament the fronts of their houses by the use of a wash of various colors, than any other community in this plain. Splendid fields of grain surround the town in every direction, and olive-groves extend for miles to the north and south. Many acres are cultivated in cucumbers and tomatoes, and there are a few orange-orchards. The moisture of the subsoil is sufficient for all these, except the oranges, and shallow wells, which abound everywhere, furnish abundance of water for the irrigation of these. The population numbers about 1500, nearly all Mohainmedans. Conclusion If you've made it this far, congratulations. You must have an interest in debunking Zionism and getting the truth! Or you are Zionist determined to destroy this monograph's conclusions by any means and hiding the truth. Either way, you're obviously determined. And the actual conclusion? Palestine had 500,000 - 600,000 inhabitants in around 1850 and perhaps 20,000 Jews. The Palestinians worked the arable lands and were highly productive. They were par for the course for the region - and indeed many European regions - they grew crops, ran flocks and traded. The myth of empty Palestine is well and truly dead!



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