"Judaizing" Jerusalem

I wish I had the time to sit down and do a thorough job of translating the Arabic Wikipedia entry on Jerusalem. It is one of the most venomous, untruthful things I have ever had the misfortune to read - if this was written in English, there is no way it would be acceptable. I sat down and slogged through this dreck last night - why, I don't know. I was reading various Wikipedia articles in English on Middle East history and it just occurred to me on a whim to check it out. I suspected that it would be ridiculously inept and nonsensical, with a twist of hate, and I was correct. Specifically, the Jewish claim to Jerusalem is referred to as a "historians' false claims" and there is an entire section on why Jews have no claim over Jerusalem and, to extrapolate, Israel, and another section on the "Judaization" (sp?) of Jerusalem. Furthermore, the Jebusites, a historical people about whom nothing is known except they lived in Jerusalem before the Hebrews arrived, were "Palestinian Arabs". The article claims that the Jebusites came from the Arabian Peninsula. Again, NOTHING is known about the Jebusites outside of the Old Testament. Furthermore, the name Palestine originated from the Romans, who wanted to humiliate the Jews of Judea by naming their territory after the hated Philistines (Palestine is Filistin in Arabic). There were no such thing as Palestinian Arabs thousands of years before the birth of Jesus. This "idea" that the Jebusites were actually Palestinian Arabs arrived ex nihilo as a post-facto way of attempting to delegitimize the state of Israel. After all, if Jerusalem and the land of Israel came under Jewish control through the demise of Palestinian Arabs, then obviously the Jewish presence in the area has never been legitimate and Palestinian Arabs have been the rightful owner for thousands of years. This is sheer rubbish - but, alas, sheer rubbish is the only tool at the hands of the blind hater of Israel. For an epic dismantlement of this "Palestinian Jebusite" claim, see this post by the astute Tony Badran.

Oh, and furthermore, the Hebrews were unable to conquer the city outright, so they resorted to their "well known cunning and deceit" to usurp the Jebusites of Jerusalem or "Jebus". In other words, the Juden have always been cunning and devious - since the time of King David and even before.

Suffice to say: if this is the general idea that Arabs, and specifically the Palestinians, have of the Jewish people and its claims to the land of Israel, then their hatred is really no surprise. These crazy ideas, these ahistorical fantasies, represent the outlook of millions of people in the region (and their useful idiots here and in Europe). If ancient Jewish history is delegitimized, let alone modern Jewish history since the establishment of the State of Israel, then there is absolutely no chance for a meaningful peace in the Middle East.