New York Times · 8 August 1936

CP-1936-015

PALESTINIAN POPULATIONS

Mr. Ellis’s Views on the Canaanites Are Discussed

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Transcribed from the clipping

“…original Canaanites. Now this is news, to the Jew and…”

Context added by this archive

A letters-column argument in 1936 about whether the Arabs of Palestine descend from the Canaanites. The same argument is still being had, and this is the earliest version of it in the archive.

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"PALESTINIAN POPULATIONS," New York Times, 8 August 1936. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1936-015. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1936-015

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