The real 'invented' people<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNewt Gingrich's controversial statement begs the question: Who invented a nationality? The Palestinians or the Israelis?\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Newt Gingrich recently echoed a not-uncommon idea among Israel's supporters that the "Palestinians" are an "invented" people. The article below points out that both they and the Israelis are equally "invented" nations and peoples — and that both are equally deserving of consideration and self-determination. #ddtb Embedded Link The real 'invented' people Newt Gingrich's controversial … Continue reading “Invented People”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,99,10],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-24856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-elections-2012","category-geopolitical-brouhaha","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24422,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/10\/the-compassionate-conservative-newt.html","url_meta":{"origin":24856,"position":0},"title":"The Compassionate Conservative Newt","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 10-Dec-11 10:16am","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, Newt, we know -- there was no ethno-culturally distinct Arab population living in Palestine prior to the state of Israel. 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