Are there not three Palestines: 1)Jordan, AKA Transjordan, AKA half of the British Mandate - where Jordanians, AKA Palesinians, live. 2)the West Bank 3)the Gaza Strip?

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⇒ Correction: 3 Palestines: [26 words]	M E	Aug 18, 2007 19:16
Palestinian Shell Game [245 words]	Debbie	Jul 17, 2007 16:26
Poor Mickey Mouse [78 words]	Blackspeare	Jul 5, 2007 20:42
Islamist Mental Disability [185 words]	Ynnatchkah	Jul 3, 2007 02:44
Gaza, the new Sudetenland redux [74 words]	Jorgen Goderstad	Jun 27, 2007 12:37
Gaza Strip-tease [136 words]	Thomas Justin Kaze	Jun 26, 2007 02:11
both hamas and fatah wish to see Israel destroyed [121 words]	Phil Greend	Jun 25, 2007 21:26
↔ Shut down the "Mosques.! [40 words]	Tony Dines	Jul 25, 2007 20:16
Poll Shows Palestinians want Israel "occupying" Gaza Again. [447 words]	Ynnatchkah	Jun 25, 2007 02:44
↔ I really have to laugh [74 words]	Seamus MacNemi	Jul 2, 2007 02:47
↔ You are right, Seamus MacNemi [37 words]	Ynnatchkah	Jul 2, 2007 21:36
Atificial state [245 words]	Dallas	Jun 24, 2007 23:14
Great summary [64 words]	Salomon Benzimra	Jun 23, 2007 23:05
Fantasy land [121 words]	arthur	Jun 22, 2007 15:04
Strange Bedfellows II [103 words]	Blackspeare	Jun 22, 2007 10:01
Strange Bedfellows? [82 words]	Blackspeare	Jun 21, 2007 08:58
Two Palestines, Anyone? [57 words]	S.C.Panda	Jun 21, 2007 05:33
↔ Two Palestines, Anyone? [826 words]	Ed Melik, Esq.	Jun 23, 2007 01:15
Pipes points were vindicated [255 words]	Amitabh Tripathi	Jun 21, 2007 03:53
Two Palestines, Anyone? [3898 words]	Ed Melik, Esq.	Jun 21, 2007 03:14
↔ Palestinians are Sowing what they Reaped [273 words]	Mel Laraway	Jun 23, 2007 15:29
↔ Dear Ed Melik, Esq., why did you leave out Egypt from this puzzle? [307 words]	Moshe	Jun 24, 2007 04:43
↔ Ed Melik's rewrites history [703 words]	Infidel	Jun 24, 2007 15:05
↔ Palestinians are reaping what they sowed [153 words]	Moshe	Jun 24, 2007 15:18
↔ perpetual refugees.. [72 words]	donvan	Jun 25, 2007 11:34
↔ No more blame game, enough with the violence [523 words]	Bryan Jackson	Jun 26, 2007 21:56
↔ Two Palestines, anyone? [614 words]	Ed Melik, Esq.	Jul 1, 2007 14:50
↔ That's quite a schpiel Mr. Malik [180 words]	Seamus MacNemi	Jul 2, 2007 03:59
Hamas & Fatah; Confusing the European Elite [90 words]	David P.	Jun 20, 2007 23:51
Actually, that would be three "Palestines" now [6 words]	Dan	Jun 20, 2007 14:11
↔ Actually, it is four Palestinian States [175 words]	Yuval Brandstetter MD	Jun 20, 2007 16:02
↔ Yuval, please don't try to scare us. [261 words]	Moshe	Jun 25, 2007 15:22
↔ Baruch haShem, eh Moishe? [17 words]	Seamus MacNemi	Jul 2, 2007 04:27
Nobody wants a Palestinian State in the Middle East--except George Bush [702 words]	Martin Kessler	Jun 20, 2007 11:57
Here We Go Again [125 words]	Blackspeare	Jun 20, 2007 11:32
poor Israeli Jews will be sandwiched between Islamic Jehad , Muslim Fatah and Jehadi Hamas ! [97 words]	Concerns	Jun 20, 2007 09:50
↔ Hamas, Fata, Islami Jihad, Hezbolla - All jumping and screaming because they are not afraid of Israel [147 words]	James Burke	Jun 20, 2007 20:35
↔ ok right... [70 words]	Hamri Al-Assad	Jun 21, 2007 21:58
↔ Why are you jealous of Israel Money and Resources [44 words]	Hiroo	Jun 23, 2007 06:39
Send Jimmy [85 words]	LDC	Jun 20, 2007 08:10
Would Mr Pipes or readers help me clarify these questions? Thank you! [265 words]	Tammy	Jun 20, 2007 02:29
↔ 'Palestinian Roulette' - Opinion for Tammy - Who's on First. [597 words]	M. Tovey	Jun 20, 2007 16:36
↔ Tammy - a few thoughts [562 words]	Pat	Jun 20, 2007 16:56
↔ Tammy's Questions [264 words]	LDC	Jun 20, 2007 17:15
↔ To LDC [237 words]	Tammy	Jun 22, 2007 04:08
↔ To Pat. [317 words]	Tammy	Jun 22, 2007 04:33
↔ To M. Tovey [262 words]	Tammy	Jun 22, 2007 04:42
↔ Sick of war but have no other choice than to fight and hopefufly to finish the job this time [163 words]	Seamus MacNemi	Jul 2, 2007 21:57
↔ To Seamus MacNemi [135 words]	Tammy	Jul 22, 2007 12:26
Fatah and Hamas: Flip Sides of Same Arab Imperialism and Genocidalism [585 words]	G. Marcus	Jun 19, 2007 23:27
Gardens in the desert - I think not [226 words]	David W. Lincoln	Jun 19, 2007 23:06
ONLY SOLUTION: GAZA TO EGYPT; WEST BANK PARTITIONED WITH JORDAN [232 words]	MG	Jun 19, 2007 21:40
Idiots in The US Executive Branch [58 words]	Ralph C Whaley MD	Jun 19, 2007 20:03
Yes and No [290 words]	john w mcginley	Jun 19, 2007 18:12
two palestines? [120 words]	ralph shapiro	Jun 19, 2007 17:18
↔ Shades Of Noam Chomsky [112 words]	Seamus MacNemi	Jul 2, 2007 22:30
Abbas/Hamas=peace/schmeece [134 words]	Michele Solomon Fryncko	Jun 19, 2007 16:11
Tactics, anyone? [138 words]	Jascha Kessler	Jun 19, 2007 16:10
↔ Cutting off water and electricity = bad idea [124 words]	Chris G.	Jun 21, 2007 14:17
A LIBERAL RESPONDS!!!! The Danger of Generalizing Fatah and Hamas [1115 words]	Chris G.	Jun 19, 2007 15:54
↔ No U turns. [77 words]	MW	Jun 21, 2007 10:56
↔ to Chris G, the researcher and social scientist, and oh! the liberal [117 words]	AS	Jun 25, 2007 02:40
↔ A LIBERAL RESPONDS TO MR. AS- Emotional responses are not logical, nor productive in problem solving. [1598 words]	Chris G.	Jun 26, 2007 01:38
↔ to Chris G [650 words]	AS	Jun 27, 2007 01:58
↔ SIR, I have thoroughly enjoyed your presentation here. [134 words]	Seamus MacNemi	Jul 2, 2007 23:38
The Folly of Supporting Fatah and Abbas [35 words]	Martin E. Weinstein	Jun 19, 2007 15:52
Two 'Palestines?' Not Likely! [545 words]	M. Tovey	Jun 19, 2007 15:41
2 Palestines, anyone [115 words]	Steven L	Jun 19, 2007 15:38
Why is Israel doing what it is doing? [82 words]	freeman	Jun 19, 2007 14:30
↔ freeman, Israel is defending themselves [108 words]	Infidel	Jun 19, 2007 15:09
↔ How to differentiate between a Moderate Terrorist and Militant Terrorist ?? Any suggestion / explanation Mr.Pipes ? [165 words]	Thokar	Jun 20, 2007 09:41
↔ Sometimes doing nothing helps [98 words]	freeman	Jun 20, 2007 21:42
idiot savant [167 words]	jan lapter	Jun 19, 2007 14:13
Hamas Putsch Indeed Irrelevant [276 words]	Lonely in Kabul	Jun 19, 2007 14:05
Fatah and Hamas [109 words]	Donald W. Bales	Jun 19, 2007 14:02
↔ Israelis: Infested with Suicidal LIberalism [277 words]	James Burke	Jun 20, 2007 08:07
A Blast of Fresh Air - How to Build on It? [800 words]	Ron Thompson	Jun 19, 2007 13:45
HAMAS gunmen [85 words]	Erkhum Mustafa	Jun 19, 2007 13:07
Agreed [216 words]	david	Jun 19, 2007 12:55
Terrorists in the pay of? [85 words]	pigfoot	Jun 19, 2007 12:32
Two Palestinians [211 words]	Ernie Lofthouse	Jun 19, 2007 12:26
↔ The difference between Hamas and Fatah - in feet [173 words]	Mladen Andrijasevic	Jun 19, 2007 14:30
↔ Penalty [51 words]	true believer	Jun 20, 2007 04:17
Not a bad assessment Dr, Pipes, but one thing I have to point out [153 words]	Bryan Jackson	Jun 19, 2007 11:15
Two or Twenty Palestines [76 words]	Ernie	Jun 19, 2007 10:49
↔ Moderates Malaysians and Islamists Talibaan united in chanting " Destroy Britain " [387 words]	Pancho	Jun 20, 2007 09:44
One Palestine - from the river to the sea [280 words]	Pat	Jun 19, 2007 10:42
Two Palestines Anyone [17 words]	Steve Gure	Jun 19, 2007 10:38
WHAT ABOUT 2 ISRAELI STATES? [103 words]	LEO	Jun 19, 2007 10:23
Both deadly to Israel's cause [39 words]	John Morris	Jun 19, 2007 10:19
Question for all US Presidents and YOU! [44 words]	W Walker	Jun 19, 2007 09:32
↔ People only understand when their close member loses his life in Islamist Terror Attack [39 words]	Baioirus	Jun 20, 2007 09:56
two factions [196 words]	true believer	Jun 19, 2007 09:21
Where do all those M16's come from [44 words]	Steven Hess	Jun 19, 2007 09:16
↔ Double standards will only make US weaker ! [20 words]	Nick	Jun 20, 2007 10:00
Age [132 words]	MartyrMaker	Jun 19, 2007 09:12
↔ Reply to Martyr Maker [13 words]	Seamus MacNemi	Jul 3, 2007 21:12
one Palestine [48 words]	samy	Jun 19, 2007 07:56

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