King Solomon was a Muslim Prophet, Says Palestinian Authority

On an educational program on PA TV, two senior Palestinian Authority [PA]

historians went to great lengths to deny ancient Jewish history and erase

the Jewish connection to the Land of Israel. At the same time they describe

an ancient Palestinian-Arab history, creating a historical connection to

the land that never existed.

Two central components of this Palestinian myth consist of turning Biblical

Israel into Muslim- Arabs, while teaching that the Palestinians are the

descendents of the Biblical Canaanites, who are also turned into Arabs.

With both the Canaanites and Israelites becoming Arabs and the religion of

ancient Israel becoming Islam, the PA takes authentic Jewish history,

documented by thousands of years of continuous literature, and crosses out

the word "Jewish" and replaced it with the word "Arab".

This creative historical revisionism is not new in the PA. Denying the

thousands of years of Jewish connection to the Land of Israel, coupled with

the invention of "Palestinian" history of thousands of years, have always

been of supreme importance to the Palestinian Authority. The PA is

struggling with the challenge of creating a Palestinian national identity

when no Palestinian national history exists. Even the term "Palestine"

historically had nothing to do with Arab identity, and most of the

population only migrated in the last century after the improved living

conditions and work opportunities brought about by the Zionist movement.

Thus, incessant denial of Israel's history and right to exist, and the

invention of a PA history have been backbones of PA indoctrination and

education for years.

In the broadcast last week on PA TV the following are some of the main

points of the "history".

1. The Hebrews of the Bible have no connection to the Jews today.

2. The Hebrews of the Bible were Arabs.

3. The Prophets of the Bible were Muslims.

4. Biblical King Solomon was a Muslim Prophet.

5. Solomon's Temple was not built by Israelites but by Arab Canaanites.

6. The Canaanites are the forefathers of the Palestinians.

7. The Bible is legends based on what Jews imagined and not on history.

8. The Jews today are descendents of a 13 th Century Khazar tribe with

no history in the Land of Israel.

9. The location of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is a Zionist invention.

10. Zionism is Racism.

[Excerpted from an article by Itamar Marcus, director of Palestinian Media Watch. For more details, visit www.pmw.org.il.]