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The initial few times were actually diving around Sinai and Eilat. Of course my curiosity brought me up to Jerusalem, Bethlehem, around the Dead Sea. On my fourth trip I met an archeologist that became my mentor in this area, and he began to show me things that were defiantly not on any map. Alongside him and with more solo travels I was lucky enough to see a very large portion of the land. I was also very surprised at the large amount of Palestinians that were Christian; I had always just linked them with Arabs; thus being of Islamic faith.
I didn’t read the article, the title alone summed up what is already blatantly apparent and of no surprise to me. That’s not what I provided the link for; it was the map. The number your saying is inflated was actually lower than I have read in multiple sources and saying that it is inflated is a very strong statement, but I’m not saying your wrong. I will act as a critical thinker and attempt to prove MSNBC wrong in their statistics by investigating their sources. Where did you obtain the numbers stated?
Is it possible that a 1949 ISRAELI government census may not be the most accurate in terms of their accounting? I think considering such things don’t question your integrity, but strengthens it once such issues are clarified by different means all reaching a common denominator. Let’s say you are correct in 650,000 refugees plus the number that remained behind what was the number of Jewish populous? What was the ratio of Jew to Arab prior and even during the initial Zionist founders such as Ben Gurion and others that were migrating from Europe and other parts?
In referring back to the map, outside of the possible inaccurate numbers in simpler terms what do you see happening?
I’m not dodging your statements questions, but you’ve presented a lot and I just want to make sure you understand why I‘m having you look at the map.
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To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.- Stephen Hawking
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