Yashiko sagamori biography

Yashiko Sagamori, a Japanese professor of Political Science at the University of Tokyo, passed out a questionnaire to a group of 'Palestinian' attorneys.
A Japanese View of the Palestinians By Yashiko Sagamori.
The following is an interesting questionnaire for Palestinian advocates by Yashiko Sagamori.

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A quiz for Palestinian advocates

Dear Editor:

The following is an interesting questionnaire for Palestinian advocates by Yashiko Sagamori. If you are so sure that “Palestine,” the country, goes back through most of recorded history, I expect you to be able to answer a few basic questions about that country of “Palestine”:

1. When was it founded and by whom?

2. What were its borders?

3. What was its capital?

4. What were its major cities?

5. What constituted the basis of its economy?

6. What was its form of government?

7. Can you name at least one Palestinian leader before Arafat?

8. Was Palestine ever recognized by a country whose existence, at that time or now, leaves no room for interpretation?

9. What was the language of the country of Palestine?

10. What was the prevalent religion of the country of Palestine?

11. What was the name of its currency?

Choose any date in history and tell what was the approximate exchange rate of the Palestinian monetary unit against the U.S. dollar, German mark, GB pound, Japanese yen, or Chinese

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If 'Palestine' is a country, I expect you to be able to answer a few basic questions on it:

1. When was it founded and by whom?

2. What were its borders?

3. What was its capital?

4. What were its major cities?

5. What was its underlying economy made of?

6. What form did its government have?

7. Can you name at least one 'Palestinian' leader before Arafat?

8. Was 'Palestine' ever recognised by a country whose existence, at one time or another, leaves no room for interpretation?

9. What was the language of the 'State of Palestine'?

10. What was the most common religion in the 'State of Palestine'?

11. What was the name of its currency?

Choose any date - what was the approximate exchange rate of the 'Palestinian' currency against the U.S. dollar, German euro, British pound, Japanese yen or Chinese yuan?

12. Since there is no such country today, what caused its destruction and when did it happen?

You mourn the "slow decline" of the “former proud” country." When exactly was this &quo

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Who Are the Palestinians?

A rebuttal:

If you are so sure that ?Palestine, the country, goes back through most of recorded history?, I expect you to be able to answer a few basic questions about that country of "Palestine":

1. When was it founded and by whom?

2. What were its borders?

3. What was its capital?

4. What were its major cities?

5. What constituted the basis of its economy?

6. What was its form of government?

7. Can you name at least one Palestinian leader before Arafat?

8. Was Palestine ever recognized by a country whose existence, at that time or now, leaves no room for interpretation?

9. What was the language of the country of Palestine?

10. What was the prevalent religion of the country of Palestine?

11. What was the name of its currency? Choose any date in history and try and find the approximate exchange rate of the Palestinian monetary unit against the US dollar, German mark, British pound, Japanese yen, or Chinese yuan on that date.

12. Have the Palestinians left any artifacts behind?

13. Do you know of a