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One of Satan’s biggest deceptions of the last days is that “Palestine” is the homeland of the “Palestinian refugees.” The word “Israel” occurs 2,565 times in the Bible, and in 238 of those occurrences one can see the word “land” in the same verse. “Palestine,” on the other hand, occurs only once in the Bible, yet this has become a common name for the holy land given to the children of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. So, the first dose of deception came in the form of a smooth name change that semantically robbed the Jews of their God-given homeland.The second dose came in the form of another smooth word, a word chosen to tug on one’s heart strings while historical facts would fall by the wayside: If only the poor and downtrodden “refugees” had a place to call home. These “refugees” are supposedly Arabs who fled for safety during Israel’s war for independence in 1948. The word “refugee” itself indicates someone who is in danger and must flee for a place of safety. This was not the case with the Arabs living in the holy land in 1948. These people willingly left the land after being told to do so by their Arab military commanders. The Arab League misled them into believing that they would soon return to the land and claim their share of Jewish property after Israel suffered defeat. When Israel began winning the war, instead of losing, the Arabs panicked and fled in large numbers, even though the Jewish leaders encouraged them to remain in the land and carry on their normal lives. Estimates on how many Arabs fled the land in 1948-49 range from 50,000 to over 600,000. The trouble is that over 2,000,000 desire to “return” to the land today! Basically, any Arab who claims to have ancestors who once lived in Israel’s land is considered a “Palestinian refugee” and is “entitled” to live there himself. For some reason the media can’t seem to get around to asking why the wealthy Arab nations won’t give up enough of their own land to accommodate their poor brethren. After all, the oil-rich Arabs possess over 600 acres of land to every 1 acre possessed by Israel! If anyone should be showing some compassion for the “Palestinian refugees,” it is their own people, not the Jews. The sad truth of the matter is that the Arab nations do not want to solve the “Palestinian problem” near as much as they want to shove Israel into the sea. (Which is why Arafat declined Bill Clinton's generous offer at the 2000 Camp David Summit.) To the Jew-hating Arabs, the refugees are nothing more than political pawns that they can exploit to further their agenda against Israel. And this is nothing new. Six decades ago the Arab leaders made this perfectly clear at their Conference of Arab Refugees at Homs in Syria. At this conference on July 11th and 12th, 1957, the Arab leaders reached the following resolution regarding the “Palestinian problem”: Any discussion aimed at a solution of the Palestinian problem which will not be based on ensuring the refugees the right to annihilate Israel will be regarded as desecration of the Arab people and an act of treason. There goes the “peace” plan. The Arab position hasn’t changed a bit in the past six decades, and it isn’t going to change. Sure, there have been “talks” and “treaties” and “agreements,” but there have also been non-stop Arab terrorist attacks against Israel. The Israelis continuously have to attack sites in the “refugee” camps in hopes of weeding out known terrorists, yet the press would have us believe that these camps shelter no one but innocent civilians. The Arabs have given Israel no reason to believe that they would become peaceful and behave themselves if they were granted statehood. More importantly, the record of history indicates that they will not behave themselves, and the Bible record agrees. A Palestinian state would be a terrorist state with the annihilation of Israel as its chief aim. To grant these “wild” men statehood next door to Israel would be on par with moving Charles Manson into your spare bedroom. “And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.” (Gen. 16:12) To expect the tiny nation of Israel to give up land so that 2,000,000 of her enemies can live next door is insane to say the least, especially considering the fact that these enemies are set on Israel’s destruction! The “Palestinian problem” was created by the Arabs, not the Jews, so it is the Arabs who should bear the burden and solve the problem, and America will have to agree with that if she expects to receive the continued blessings of God. If she doesn’t, she’ll end up in history’s junkyard with all the other nations.