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1)Before the modern state of Israel there was the British mandate, Not a Palestinian state .

2) Before the British mandate there was the Ottoman Empire, Not a Palestinian state .

3) Before the Ottoman Empire there was the Islamic Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, Not a Palestinian state .

4)Before the Islamic Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt there was the Ayyubid Dynasty, Not a Palestinian state .Godfrey of Bouillon conquered it in 1099.

5) Before the Ayyubid Dynasty there was the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, Not a Palestinian state .

6) Before the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem there was the Fatimid Caliphate, Not a Palestinian state .

7) Before the Fatimid Caliphate there was the Byzantine Empire, Not a Palestinian state .

8) �� Before the Byzantine Empire there was the Roman Empire, Not a Palestinian state .

9) Before the Roman Empire there was the Hasmonean Dynasty, Not a Palestinian state .

10)Before the Hasmonean Dynasty there was the Seleucid Empire,Not a Palestinian state .

11) Before the Seleucid Empire there was the Empire of Alexander the 3rd of Macedon, Not a Palestinian state .

12) Before the Empire of Alexander the 3rd of Macedon there was the Persian Empire, Not a Palestinian state .

13) Before the Persian Empire there was the Babylonian Empire, Not a Palestinian state .

14) Before the Babylonian Empire there was the kingdoms of Israel and Judea, Not a Palestinian state .

15) Before the kingdoms of Israel and Judea there was the kingdom of Israel, Not a Palestinian state .

16) Before the kingdom of Israel there was the theocracy of the 12 tribes of Israel, Not a Palestinian state .

17) Before the theocracy of the 12 tribes of Israel there was the individual state of Canaan, Not a Palestinian state .

In fact, in this corner of the earth, it was everything but a Palestinian state!

Origins: @voiceofisrael