Comments by "boz" (@BOZ_11) on "What was Palestine like before Zionism? | History of the Middle East 1888-1900 - 10/21" video.

  1. The Levant is more complicated than "Ottoman misrule", since the Ottomans built the Hejaz railway from Damascus to Medina, and another from Cairo to Haifa. France and Britain essentially created Lebanon, Syria and Palestine after WWI, and so those railways fell into disrepair since they now would have crossed multiple nations. Western powers had colonial intentions, of course, and Britain's failed mandate of Palestine is still killing people today in the Genocide of Palestinians by the Israelis. Even more ironic is that the IDF was essentially a terrorist paramilitary group called 'Irgun' (among other paramilitary groups), who used to hang British officers, used WWI era machine guns in drive-by shootings, and killed nearly 100 people in the bombing of the King David hotel in 1946. Not to mention Nabka, and the eviction of 750,000 Palestinians from their homes in 1948 (2000 of whom died!). The Arab Palestinians loved their books, were cultured, literate, and had private collections of ancient books and manuscripts. They weren't rolling around in infertile soil, as some of the arrogant quotes suggest. For anyone who's interested in this history, watch: https://youtu.be/GdtCrCsKlw0?feature=shared
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