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From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Bennett on Abbas speech: ‘A nation that invents its past has no future’
Education Minister Naftali Bennett blasts Abbas for his claim the Palestinians are the descendants of Canaanites and have been in the Land of Israel for over 5,00 years.
“A nation that invents its past has no future,” tweets Bennett.
“The ancestors of the Palestinians maybe existed 5,000 years ago, but south of here in the Arabian Peninsula. I recommend to [Abbas] to focus not on constructing an imaginary past but rather creating a practical future,” he adds.
