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The author suggests the possibility that the two Hebrew states of Israel and Judah, which were united for barely two generations were primarily set and supported up by Pharaoh to serve as buffer states,first against the invading Indo-European Sea Peoples, among them the powerful Peleset from whom the name Palestine derives and later other forces lusting for the flesh pots of Egypt which was then still the richest country on earth. From about 1180 to 586 BCE the Hebrews greatly served the Pharaoh's political and military interests which were overwhelmingly of a defensive nature. The tale of a natural enmity between Egyptians and Hebrews, and the later Jews, is a gruesome horror story which ought to be replaced by an enlightened understanding of actual historical events and mutual respect.