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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (102876)	6/25/2003 5:12:32 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

>>the Romans deported most of the inhabitants of Judea<< Not so. The Romans deported pretty much all of the Jewish residents of Jerusalem, and killed or enslaved the rebellious Jews, it's true. But not all Jews took part in the revolt, and these were not deported. The concept of "country" is rather slippery, don't you think? Many present-day "countries" used to be a lot of unaffiliated city-states and principalities. For example, Germans did not think of themselves as "German" until the late 19th century, but as Prussians or Swabians and so forth. In Palestine, there was a lot of "meet the new boss, same as the old boss" but the inhabitants were there. When was the last time there was a "country" of Israel, prior to 1948? And what, pray tell, does this have to do with anything, other than trying to argue that the Palestinians have no claim to the land?