Comments by "nuqwestr" (@nuqwestr) on "'We danced with joy then hid among the dead' – Nova survivors recall Hamas massacre | BBC News" video.
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@Laythh FALSE: The region was controlled by the Ottoman/Turk who lost a war to the Allied Powers in WW1. Both Jews and Arabs fought with the British in that war. The Turks ceded the region to the Allied Powers in a peace treaty, all legal. The Allied Powers created temporary mandates in the region until modern, nation/states could be created. One was Jordan, another was Israel. Jews were willing to share, the Arabs were not.
Israel did not get "half", Gaza was occupied by Egypt, Jordan annexed the West Bank. It wasn't until both Egypt and Jordan, again, declared war on Israel that the territory came under control by Israel. That wasn't until 1967, What did Egypt and Jordan do for the people in the 20 years between 1947 and 1967?
In the 19th Century Jews were the majority in East Jerusalem, perhaps 8-12% of the Ottoman region called Palestine. They fought and died to free the land from the Ottoman/Turk. Are you saying they don't deserve autonomy in a region which is their homeland?
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@Laythh "Useful"? LOL. The Jews fought with the British in WW1 to free the land from the Ottoman /Turk. There were Jewish battalions before the Arabs joined in the fight. "Land" yes, nation/state, no. As I believe you know, the temporary mandate agreed to at San Remo in 1920 was part of The League of Nations plan to create modern, democratic nation/states in the region. This plan had three levels depending on the current state of development in that region. Palestine was at the bottom of that level. LOL The Arab-Revolts you called "resistance", delayed the creation of these modern, nation/states, which were more delayed and complicated by WW2. Further, the Arab-Revolts were not just against the British and Zionist project, but against each other, like the battle for the Hejaz between the Hashemites and the House of Saud. Too bad, a few year later oil was discovered and the leases went to America and not the British. Brits made so many mistakes.
I've studied this for 55 years. I've distilled my thoughts to a concise frame. The Jews and Arabs fought in a war, they both won, the Jews were willing to share, the Arabs were not. Proof? Here it is:
"Report on the State of Palestine presented to the Right Honourable Mr. Winston Churchill P.C., M.P. by the Executive Committee of the Third Arab Palestine Congress. Jerusalem, March 28, 1921." - Library of Congress.
A quote from the report: "A Jew is a Jew the world over". Pure hate, the blood libel, written in 1921.
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@darrenjamrock2677 ? Jordan kicked the PLO out after they fomented a civil war and assassinated their PM. they fled to Lebanon where they do not have civil rights. Jordan restricts the number of Christians in government and academia and is an Islamic state. When a Christian was elected PM of Lebanon, Islamists assassinated him.
20% of Israeli citizens are Arab; some Christians, some Druze, some Muslim. They serve on the Knesset, the Supreme Court and in the IDF. One of the most popular news readers on Israeli TV is an Arab/Muslim/Palestinian woman. Show me the comparable in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon or Syria. Syria has killed more Arabs than any IDF soldier. Look in the mirror.
In WW1 both the Jews and Arabs fought with the British to free the region of the Ottoman/Turk. The Turks ceded the region in a peace treaty with the Allied Powers who were given a temporary mandate to help create new, modern nation/states. One of those was a Palestinian state called Trans-Jordan, which became Jordan in 1946. The Jews were willing to share, the Arabs were not. No land was stolen, that is false.
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