of course if the zionist settler project has to dig out an ancient erronnous quote then I think that the misinformation
is in your head
"Mark Twain's visit to Lebanon, Syria, and the Holy Land in 1867 was published in "The Innocents Abroad", where he described Palestine as follows:
This quote has been widely circulated in Israeli textbooks, media outlets, and many Jewish communities around the world as FACTS about Palestine. As we will prove below,this quote was taken out of context to portray Palestine as "empty, destitute, and a barren desert", of course until Israeli and Zionist Jews "made" its desert bloom.
Before we analyze what Mark Twain wrote, the following factsshould be taken into consideration:
- Palestine's arable land is under 17% of its total area, click here to view Israel's profile at CIA's Worldfact Book.
- Mark Twain's visit occurred during the middle of the hot Mediterranean summer.
- Mark Twain visited the region soon after the end of hostilities between Christian and Muslim Druze at Mount Lebanon, where over ten thousand Christian Arabs (mostly Maronite) were massacred in 1861, and that should explain his blatantly racist remarks in respect of the Turks, Arabs, and Muslims in general.
- Mark Twain's visit was brief by all accounts, which encompassed the areas that were only cited in the Bible.
- Mark Twin provided no statistical data whatsoever about Palestine's agriculture and demographic makeup. So his statements should not be taken as if they were written by an authoritative body.
Pre-Nakba Picture showing Palestinian harvesting wheat in Beisan (Baysan), 1938
Mark Twain often compared Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon to the fertile lands in the United States of America, which is unfair. Both are in separate parts of the world and have different environments, different governments, ... etc.
Quotes from "The Innocent Abroad"
Mark Twain did not just describe Palestine as a barren desert, he also extended this description to Greece, Lebanon, and Syria. He stated:
Pre-Nakba Picture showing Palestinian fishing in Haifa bay, 1940
From the above quote, the reader may get the impression that Greece is also empty since he stated:
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