Controversial history
ISRAEL THEN AND NOW by Dr
Nelson Price
Adriani Rilandi pulled back history’s curtain in 1695 by means of his classical work on the land of the Bible entitled “Palestina ex Monumentis Veteribus Illustrata”.
In it he gives a description of what was then called Palestine. He was a worthy contributor in that he was a geographer, cartographer, traveler, philologist, he knew several European languages, Arabic, ancient Greek, and Hebrew.
He first created the map of Palestine. He then designated every settlement mentioned in the Bible or the Talmud with its original name.
If the original was Roman or Greek, the connection was in Latin or Greek.
In the end, he did a population census by settlements.
He visited almost 2,500 settlements mentioned in the Bible and concluded:
* The country is mainly empty, abandoned, sparsely populated. The main population is in Jerusalem, Akko, Tsfat, Jaffa, Tveria and Gaza.
* Most of the population is Jews, almost everyone else is Christians, very few Muslims, mostly Bedouins. The only exception is Nablus (now Shchem).
* In Nazareth, the capital of Galilee, lived approximately 700 people - all Christians.
* In Jerusalem there are about 5,000 people, almost all Jews and a few Christians.
* In 1695, everyone knew that the origin of the country was Jewish.
* There is not a single settlement in Palestine that has Arabic roots in its name.
* Most settlements have Jewish originals, and in some cases Greek or Roman Latin.
* Relandi mentions Muslims only as nomadic Bedouins who came to the cities as seasonal workers in agriculture or construction.
* About 550 people lived in Gaza, half of them Jews and half Christians. Jews were successful in agriculture, especially in vineyards, olives and wheat. Christians were engaged in trade and transportation.
Now, turning from his informative conclusions consider these facts regarding modern Israel.
When World War I ended in 1918 with an Allied victory, the 400-year Ottoman Empire rule ended, and Great Britain took control over what became known as Palestine (modern-day Israel, Palestine and Jordan).
The Balfour Declaration and the British mandate over Palestine were approved by the League of Nations in 1922. Arabs vehemently opposed the Balfour Declaration, concerned that a Jewish homeland would mean the subjugation of Arab Palestinians.
The British controlled Palestine until Israel, in the years following the end of World War II, became an independent state in 1947. There has never been a nation of Palestine. The territory was called Palestine.
According to Israel’s official Central Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2021, 9.449 million people live in Israel (including Israelis in West Bank settlements).
In 1947 the land was mostly unsettled and undeveloped. The Jews have since developed it as one of the most modern and advanced nations of earth.
The Rilandi’s book completely historically refutes theories about “Palestinian traditions”, “Palestinian people”, and leaves almost no link between the land and the Arabs who even stole the land’s Latin name (Palestine) and took it for themselves.
i do make exclusions for those who give back tho so long as it's not a bullshit way of doing it)
