🧵Is Jordan part of “Historic Palestine”? This has been going around X recently. Answer is yes; historically & geographically both sides of the Jordan River have always been considered part of Palestine, a fact often obscured today. Detailed history thread worth your time: 1/16
Palestine as an entity first emerged as a Roman province following crushing of Jewish revolt ~135CE. Romans renamed Judea to Provincia Syria Palaestina in part to erase Jewish culture in the region. The original “Palestine” included both sides of the Jordan River, see map: 2/
Later in Roman/Byzantine era, area was split into Palaestina Prima, Secunda & Tertia (I, II & III) covering both sides of Jordan River. In fact capital of Palaestina III was in Petra, Jordan. So again, "Historic Palestine" included Jordan (centuries before Islam was born.) 3/
In the early 7th century Islam emerged in Arabia and Muslim armies conquered large portions of the Middle East, including the three Byzantine “Palaestinas” circa 636CE. The Muslim conquerors roughly maintained the Roman-Byzantine divisions of the region as provinces. 4/
Palaestina I became mostly “Jund Filastin” (Jund=military district) with capital in Ramla NOT Jerusalem, which is telling; Palaestina II became “Jund Al-Urdunn” and Palaestina III became part of Jund Dimashq. Once again, Jund Filastin included both sides of the Jordan River. 5/
Jund districts that were part of Muslim Caliphates remained in place until Crusader conquest in 1099CE when the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem was formed, which also included both sides of the Jordan River. Borders shifted with ongoing wars over the years, see representative map: 6/
The Christians were fully expelled from the region in the 13th century and area came under Muslim Mamluk control; they did not name any province or region “Palestine”; no entity would be called Palestine for the next 800 years, until the British revived the name post WWI. 7/
Circa 1516 the Ottoman Turks displaced the Mamluks and much of Middle East came under Muslim Turk rule until 1917. Turks divided their empire into provinces called Eyalets then Vilayets; none were ever called Palestine, a centuries old name associated with Rome. See 1903 map: 8/
After WWI, British & French split the Middle East. British were granted "Mandate for Palestine" at San Remo in April 1920. This territory included all of today's Israel, Jordan, WB & Gaza. So the revived “Palestine” matched ancient Palestine on both sides of the Jordan River. 9/
However in April 1921, for reasons beyond scope of this thread, British divided Palestine Mandate, taking 78% to form “Transjordan” as a British protectorate. In 1946 “Jordan” gained independence. Since then many pretend that Jordan was never an integral part of “Palestine.” 10/
The artificial British creation of Jordan in 1921 does not change the fact that for 1,800 years prior, "Palestine," in every manifestation, included territory on both sides of the Jordan River. Ethnically and geographically, both sides of the river were the same. 11/
Many point to maps of “Palestine” printed in European & American atlases in 19th-early 20th century (see example) as “proof” that Palestine existed as a political entity at the time, but this is false, revealing a misunderstanding of what these maps actually represented. 12/
Atlases at the time included “Palestine” due to its connection to Land of Jesus. It was thus required to depict this Roman era Palestine in a modern Atlas. It had no connection to actual political borders as no entity known as Palestine existed in 400 years of Ottoman rule. 13/
Importantly to our question, all depictions of “Palestine” by Western atlases inluded both sides of the Jordan River. The British “Palestine Exploration Fund,” founded in 1865, surveyed both Western and Eastern Palestine (see map below) – Eastern meaning today’s Jordan. 14/
So is Jordan part of “Historic Palestine”? Yes. As a Roman & Muslim province from ~136CE-1099CE Palestine included both sides of Jordan River. As did the original British Palestine Mandate & maps of Palestine in atlases. Jordan has always been part of “Historic Palestine.” 15/
This fact does debunks the notion that a future state in WB & Gaza would mean Arabs only get 22% of “Historic Palestine” as often claimed. In fact, the same Arabs received 77% of “Historic Palestine” as Jordan. In fact Israel today comprises only 18% of “Historic Palestine.” END
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đź§µA strong consensus has formed: there is no genocide in Gaza. Over 50 leading international law, genocide & military experts have rejected the claim. A false narrative pushed by a minority of loud voices falls apart under factual and legal scrutiny. Detail & sources below: 1/
This list sharply counters the notion of a "consensus" agreeing there is genocide, which rests on a small set of voices—focused on Jewish names—who made the charge against ISRAEL only days after 10/7. Their arguments all rely on misquoting Israel leaders to "prove" intent. 2/
For example, the distortion of President Herzog’s comments is among the most blatant lies in the “genocide” narrative. “Experts” who cite his words as evidence of genocidal intent reveal only their bias and intellectual dishonesty. 3/
đź§µArab media confirms Hamas built & restored a tunnel network in the European hospital area, admits this is what Israel struck. A Sky News "investigation" focused on one of the surrounding strikes to cast doubt on the attack, but Arab media confirms what Israel says: TUNNELS 1/
The IDF released a video of one of the areas struck suggesting this in fact was the hospital (see image), but it was in the area of a nearby school, one of those attacks the Arab media notes "extended 500 meters" to hit the entire network. 2/
A @SkyNews investigation focused on nearby school strike, claims all that was hit were drainage ditches, but ignores what the rest of the strikes hit. Now Arab media confirms indeed, a tunnel network was there from back in 2014 and rebuilt. 3/ news.sky.com/story/gaza-hos…
đź§µUN official told Security Council that Gaza's food situation pre-10/7 was similar to Europe, proving "prison" and "concentration camp" comparison was always a lie. In fact Gaza was a modern urban area as many Gazans now admit. Life expectancy ranked 71st out of 185 nations. 1/
Jácome also cites the latest IPC report claiming Gaza “will face” famine and warns of the dire things that may come. But Israel’s UN Ambassador @dannydanon powerfully calls out the IPC's misinformation, fake terminology, and its refusal to discuss the evidence Israel provided 2/
Here is why there is no and has never been starvation of famine in Gaza. Sources below END
🧵INTENTIONAL STARVATION by Israel is among Gaza’s core blood libels. UN's own data proves food entering during war matched pre-war levels; Israeli data shows far more especially during ceasefire. But no matter the evidence, the lie persists. Here are the facts. Sources⬇️1/
UN OCHA itself—not Israel nor “hasbaraists”—affirmed that 40,655 trucks of aid entered Gaza 10/2023-12/2024, about 80% food. That’s ~75 trucks/day of only food, matching pre-war levels. See source & UN chart for truck data: 2/ ochaopt.org/content/report…
But UN admits, in same source, that it did not count private sector trucks. COGAT records 63,700 total trucks with 49,600 of food from 10/2023-12/2024. That's ~110 trucks/day or 50% ABOVE pre-war levels. Simply impossible to claim starvation strategy. 3/ gaza-aid-data.gov.il/main/
đź§µEconomist released article claiming perhaps 109,000 Gaza deaths based on Jan 2025 "study" in Lancet. The study's "capture-recapture" analysis has proven flawed. Also, 900 deaths relied upon by the Lancet study were removed by Hamas in March 2025, invalidating the results. 1/
Lancet study used Hamas' June 2024 fatality list to match up deaths with 2 other lists, a sensitive analysis that matches deaths. But in March 2025 Hamas removed ~900 deaths from the June list which the study relied upon. The study is no longer valid. 2/
This thread highlights another set of major flaws in the "capture-recapture" analysis and the inside information that the study's authors received directly from Hamas' Ministry of Health. 3/
🧵Hamas→ Al Jazeera→ Int'l media reported that an IDF airstrike hit the Thai restaurant in Gaza yesterday killing many. But entire incident is FAKE, easily proven, as the restaurant, under a white tent, is fully intact. Videos show "fatalities" moving. Evidence & sources: 1/
Middle East Eye issued a video of strike's aftermath, killing “women & infants” inside the place according to “witnesses.” Somehow tent roofing isn't even torn, mounted TVs & lighting are intact after an airstrike hit this exact location. Here are some still shots from video. 2/
Other videos (sources at end of thread) show lots of “dead” men inside, none with any visible injuries, not even torn clothes—yet mortally wounded after an airstrike. Worker recounts how he could not tell how many bodies were pulled out of restaurant. But the curtains are OK. 3/