There are great inventions in history: electricity, printing, stuffed peppers. But there is only one invention that managed to make the entire world believe in something that never existed – “the Palestinian people.” Yes, that political-historical-ethnic-cultural entity, which no one had heard of before 1967, and today it already has a flag, ambassadors, a foreign ministry, a university and a High Court of Justice.

Welcome to one of the greatest mental frauds of the twentieth century.

The beginning of a nation… in a service announcement

Let’s put history aside for a moment, and move on to common sense. If someone were to tell you that the “Chilean people” suddenly arose, you would ask them: Who are they? Where did they live? What is the difference between them and others? When did they gain independence? What language did they develop? Literature? Cuisine? Olympic medals?

But when it comes to the “Palestinian people”, you are not allowed to ask questions. Just nod, feel colonial guilt – and donate to UNRWA.

The reality is this: until the early 1970s, the term “Palestinian” belonged mainly to Jews — residents of the British Mandate in Israel. Yes, Ben-Gurion was also considered a “Palestinian” in the official documents of that period. The Arabs? They were part of the general Syrian or Arab space, never a separate people.

Until one day, probably in some conference room in Al-Fatah, someone said: “Guys, we tried wars. Maybe we should try PR?”

How do you invent a nation? A guide to modern fraud

1. Choose a romantic name: Palestine. It sounds ancient, it sounds lyrical, it smells like a good conflict. Never mind that it’s actually a name the Romans invented to erase the name “Judea” and insult the Jews with a reference to the Philistines.
2. Make the victim the culprit: Say that the Zionists are occupiers, even if they’re sitting here in front of everyone. Stick in words like “apartheid,” “Nakba,” and “Al-Aqsa” — and that’s it, someone will applaud.
3. Convince the global left: They love narratives of “oppressed natives.” Tell them you’re Palestinian, and they’ll support you even if you throw candy after a terrorist attack.
4. Take control of Language: The villages – “ancient cities”. The terrorists – “freedom fighters”. Hamas – “a political movement with an armed wing”. This is how a nation is built – term after term.

“A people without a country to a country without a people”?

The most hated phrase among anti-Zionists. They present it as if Zionism invented the void to justify settlement. The truth? The land was neglected, empty in many ways, unorganized, and did not belong to a defined people. All this mess of tribes, clans, Druze, Christians, Bedouins, immigrant Arabs, Syrians, Lebanese, Egyptians – all suddenly became one people: “the Palestinians”.

It’s like taking tourists in the Carmel Market, putting keffiyehs on them and declaring them a people.

When was a people born? A question of political timing

It was not for nothing that the “Palestinian people” came to life after 1967. Before that, when Jerusalem was in Jordan’s hands, and not a single Palestinian demanded “liberation”, there was no problem. When Gaza was in Egypt’s hands — there was none either. The problem began when the Jews took control of what suddenly became “historical Palestine”. Suddenly the “occupation”. Suddenly “Settlements.” Suddenly a narrative.

History? Symbols? Unique language? Culture? Even the flag is copied from the Jordanian flag, and the names — for the most part — are not connected to any local roots.

Zionism as a mirror – and the response: “We too!”

Zionism succeeded: a people who came from all over the world built a language, an army, a state, an economy, a culture, and democracy. The Palestinians looked — and said: “We too are a people!”. But without building, without making an effort, without unity, without a constitution, without a state, and without stopping blowing up buses. The main thing is that the UN recognizes it, and the left will sob.

If you ask yourself why Palestine is not yet a state — it’s not because of Israel. It’s because they built this entire project on a false consciousness: they don’t want a state – they want we to stop being a state.

And what is the world doing?

The world, of course, cooperates. UNRWA receives huge budgets to “take care of refugees” who are already fifth generation Florentines. The UN makes decisions against Israel every Monday and Thursday. Journalists write about the “oppressed people,” and academic institutions award degrees in applied Palestinian studies.

Because when you tell a victim story enough times — someone will buy it. Especially if they have feelings of guilt about colonialism, the Holocaust, or the fact that they live in Berlin with free gas from Russia.

And what are we doing? Not enough

Instead of shouting the truth — we apologize. We set up committees, explain ourselves in broken English, give a platform to “internal criticism,” build another wall, are afraid of the BBC, and in the meantime… the black-white-green flag waves louder than the flag in the Knesset.
But it’s time to stop being afraid of words. “Palestinian people”? It’s not anti-Semitism to say it was invented. It’s simply a historical fact.

The invention that became a weapon

The Palestinian people may not be a people—but they are certainly a weapon of consciousness. One that is aimed at the heart of Zionism, and armed with lies, heartwarming words, and the cooperation of the post-Western world.

If we don’t understand that the threat is not just missiles but narratives as well—we will find ourselves apologizing for our existence. Again.

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Here is a list of historical sources, most of them undisputed, that support the claim that the Palestinian identity is a modern and invented identity — the product of a political struggle and not a distinct ethno-historical people:

🏛️ 1. Lack of Palestinian National Identity Before the 20th Century

✦ Testimonies from Arab residents of the country themselves:

• Hajj Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem (in the 1920s-1940s), worked for the Arab nation and Islam, but did not speak of a separate Palestinian people. He saw himself as part of the Arab and Islamic world, and not as the head of a distinct local people.

✦ Writer George Habash (founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine):

“We are not a special people. We are part of the Arab nation.”

📜 2. Use of the name “Palestinian” – specifically for Jews

✦ Under the British Mandate (1917-1948), the term “Palestinian” was used to describe all residents of the Land of Israel, especially the Jews:

• The Palestine Post was a Jewish newspaper (now: “Jerusalem Post”).
• The Israeli soccer team was called: “Palestine Team” and was composed of Jews.
• The British currency bore three names: Hebrew, English, and Arabic – but “Palestine (Y)” was associated with the Jews, not the Arabs.

📕 3. Palestinian historians themselves admit this

✦ Prof. Azmi Bishara (former MK Arab, leftist):

“There is no Palestinian nation. This invention was intended to create an identity that would compete with Zionism.”
(Interview in Arabic, 1996, Al-Arabiya Channel)

✦ Walid Khalidi – respected Palestinian historian:

In his writings from the 1970s and 1980s, he admits that “the Palestinian national identity was built as a result of the conflict with Zionism,” that is — as a response to our existence, not from an independent ethnic, cultural, or religious root.

🌍 4. The Arab leadership refused to establish a Palestinian state

• 1947 – The UN Partition Plan: The Jews agreed to a Jewish state, the Arabs rejected — not only because they opposed a Jewish state, but also because they did not recognize the concept of a “Palestinian state.” They saw the entire territory as part of Greater Syria or the United Arab Nation.
• 1948-1967 – There was no demand for the establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank or Gaza, even though they were in the hands of Jordan and Egypt. In other words, when it was possible to establish a state — no one demanded it.

🧾 5. The Declaration of the PLO in 1964

• The establishment of the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) took place three years before the 1967 “occupation.”
• His initial goals did not include the West Bank and Gaza at all — but only the elimination of the “Zionist entity.”
• That is: Even in 1964, the Palestinians did not ask for a state — they asked to abolish ours.

🗺️ 6. Western academic research:

✦ Prof. Daniel Pipes:

Shows in his research that the Palestinian identity is a “narrative identity” invented after military and political failures of Arab countries against Israel.

✦ Prof. Eyal Kimchi (Jerusalem Institute):

Describes how most of the Arabs in the Land of Israel before 1948 immigrated from Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Transjordan at the beginning of the 20th century — following the work of Baron Rothschild, land development, infrastructure and education.

🔥 7. Founding Quotes in Media and Politics

✦ Famous quote by Zahab Musa al-Hammadi (1965), a spokesman for the PLO:

“There is no such thing as Palestine. Palestine is part of Syria. We were called Palestinians only to fight Zionism.”
(From the newspaper “A-Sapir”, Lebanon)

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📚 Recommended bibliographic sources:

1. Joan Peters – From Time Immemorial (1984):
   A comprehensive (controversial but fascinating) study of Arab immigration to Palestine.
2. Efraim Karsh – Palestine Betrayed (2010):
   Examines the roots of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and emphasizes the manipulation of national identity.
3. Daniel Pipes – Articles on the website: www.danielpipes.org
   Dozens of studies showing the politicization of Palestinian identity.
4. Uri Milstein – The Myth of Return (2012):
   An Israeli researcher who analyzes the myths surrounding the “Nakba” and Palestinian identity.

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A national identity is built over generations – through history, culture, institutions, a common language and a consistent narrative. In the Palestinian case – there is mainly a negation of Zionist identity, not the construction of an independent identity.
The recognition of the “Palestinian people” was born not from the people – but from the UN, from propaganda, and from hatred.