Palestinians respond to Newt:

Palestinians slam Gingrich as “ignorant”

JERUSALEM - Palestinian officials are reacting with dismay to Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich’s statement that they are an “invented” people.

The Jewish Channel on Friday released excerpts of an interview in which the former House Speaker said Palestinians were not a people because - unlike Israelis - they never had a state.

“Remember, there was no Palestine as a state,” Gingrich said. “It was part of the Ottoman Empire.

“I think we have invented the Palestinian people, who are in fact Arabs and who are historically part of the Arab community, and they had a chance to go to many places, and for a variety of political reasons, we have sustained this war against Israel now since the 1940s. It’s tragic.”

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