What makes Palestine a potential state, independent country?
Firstly there are some issues with your answer. Firstly, the Palestinians are not quite as mixed as you claim. While the Greeks and Romans ruled Palestine, they never colonized it. Intermarrige between locals and their conquerers would be rare, at best. Palestinians are a mixture of Philistines, Jews, and Arabs- all of which are closely related Semitic races. Additionaly, the tone of your question suggests that you veiw mixed races as a bad thing. Secondly, you claim that Palestine was mire of the impoverished and out-of-work. On the contrary, Palestine- while suffering economicaly under the feudalistic Ottoman Land Code- was a lush area with countless farm villages. Such cities as Cairo and Damascus would’ve attracted the poor- history demonstrates that the destitute turn to cities, not the countryside, to look for work. In regards to your last question, Palestinians are a unique Arab people group who have been living in Palestine for nearly two thousand years. Palestinians have count
