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Why the Media Side with the Palestinians


(Front Page Magazine) Erick Stakelbeck - The vast majority of today's Palestinians are descendants of people who immigrated to Israel in the 19th and 20th centuries to reap the benefits of the Jewish revitalization of the Holy Land, which had become a malaria-ridden wasteland under centuries of Ottoman rule. In his book, The Everlasting Hatred: The Roots of Jihad, Hal Lindsey writes: "The record shows that migrant Muslims came from other Arab lands to areas of Palestine that were reclaimed and developed by Jews in order to get jobs. These same poor Muslims who benefited from the Jewish jobs later charged the Jews had stolen their land, which had been in their families since time immemorial....The West has bought this lie without questioning its veracity."
2003-01-31 00:00:00
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