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[beoweasel]

Newt Gingrich: Palestinians Are An ‘Invented’ People.

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is courting the Republican Jewish vote with a series of statements showing his unwavering support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and pro-Israel American conservatives. On Wednesday, he declared that he would appoint former U.N.

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[reforzado]

I don't know why I continue to be surprised by the things he says. HE HAS TO BE TROLLING.

[rex_dart]

I feel like my political outlook at this point has become "just wait for all these old people to die".

When, Newt? When?

[hola_meg_a_cola]

Lol that's like how my neighbor deals with her husband's dog. "That dog has to die."

Comment edited because my phone is being difficult.

[captain_emily]

That's pretty much how I view it, too.

[nesmith]

Can't come soon enough for me at this point.

[chimbleysweep]

UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[sesmo]

The concept of the "Palestinian people" as a separate entity is a relatively recent construct. Historians place it earliest at the revolt from the Ottoman Empire, and some historians place as late as the late 1940s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_people#Palestinian_history_and_nationalism

Does this make them any less legitimate?

[beoweasel]

In Conservative Land, yes.

[ceruleanst]

Of course, this means that by any measure, it's no newer than "Israelis".

[sesmo]

True, but the current "Israeli people" are the "Jewish people" and that entity certainly did exist, and was actively persecuted as an entity. Suggesting that this is related to land-location is disingenuous. The folks who are currently identified as Palestinians declared themselves officially as not a separate group in 1920. Jews have been separate for at least 2000 years.

[atomic_joe2]

I'm sorry but whenever I hear his name I think of this, from Aliens:

"Newt. Nobody calls me Rebecca only my brother".

[romp]

When he loses the election, I vow to replace the name in my head with that little girl.