Al-Jazeera's Inside Story

Updates on the US President George Bush visit in Israel. In the third minute of the film clip is an interesting exchange of views from two Arabs against that of Itamar Ben Cnaan. The Israeli Jew emphasized that the 'Palestinians' invented their history. His case in point is that there was never a 'Palestinian Nation' that revolted against the Ottoman empire.

The Arab filmmaker even raised the issue that the bible period of the Israelites never existed, as no evidence has been found in archeological excavations. He is quoting Ze'ev Herzog in Ha'aretz Magazine nine years ago.

Ben Cnaan, Cultural Editor of Ha'ir Newspaper, confessed that he was a member of the Communist Party, hardline Marxist and Pro-Palestinian. But he now says he is a reborn Zionist. Also, he confides growing up with guilty feelings on Israel's so-called 'occupation' and 'war crimes' which he later discovered to be distorted historical viewpoints.