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History lesson:1. Before Israel, there was a British mandate, NOT a Palestinian state!2. Before the British Mandate, there was the Ottoman Empire, NOT a Palestinian state!3. Before the Ottoman Empire, there was the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, NOT a Palestinian state.4. Before the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, there was the Ayubid Arab-Kurdish Empire, NOT a Palestinian state.5. Before the Ayubid Empire, there was the Frankish and Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, NOT a Palestinian state.6. Before the Kingdom of Jerusalem, there was the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, NOT a Palestinian state.7. Before the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, there was the Byzantine empire, NOT a Palestinian state.8. Before the Byzantine Empire, there were the Sassanids, NOT a Palestinian state.9. Before the Sassanid Empire, there was the Byzantine Empire, NOT a Palestinian state.10. Before the Byzantine Empire, there was the Roman Empire, NOT a Palestinian state.11 . Before the Roman Empire, there was the Hasmonean state, NOT a Palestinian state.12. Before the Hasmonean state, there was the Seleucid, NOT a Palestinian state.13. Before the Seleucid empire, there was the empire of Alexander the Great, NOT a Palestinian state.14. Before the empire of Alexander the Great, there was the Persian empire, NOT a Palestinian state.15. Before the Persian Empire, there was the Babylonian Empire, NOT a Palestinian state.16. Before the Babylonian Empire, there were the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, NOT a Palestinian state.17. Before the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, there was the Kingdom of Israel, NOT a Palestinian state.18. Before the kingdom of Israel, there was the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, NOT a Palestinian state.19. Before the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, there was an agglomeration of independent Canaanite city-kingdoms, NOT a Palestinian state.20. Actually, in this piece of land there has been everything, EXCEPT A PALESTINIAN STATE.Feel free to use this for the uneducated.