Comments by "nuqwestr" (@nuqwestr) on "The Great War" channel.

  1. The Jewish Legion, officially known as the 38th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, was formed in 1917 during World War I. It was the first all-Jewish military unit to fight under a Jewish flag in almost two millennia. The legion consisted of several battalions: 1. **1st Battalion**: Composed mostly of Zionist volunteers from the British Isles and led by Lieutenant Colonel John Henry Patterson, a Christian Zionist. 2. **2nd Battalion**: Formed primarily of Jewish volunteers from the United States and Canada. 3. **3rd Battalion**: Included Jewish volunteers from Palestine and Egypt, as well as Jewish residents of the British Mandate of Palestine. These battalions played a significant role in the British conquest of Palestine from the Ottoman Empire during World War I. After the war, many members of the Jewish Legion went on to become prominent figures in the Zionist movement and played key roles in the establishment of the State of Israel. - ChatGPT
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  2. 160,000 Arabs remained, they now number 1.9 million, 21% of the Israeli population.
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  3. The hate was there before Zionist settlers arrived in number: "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
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  4. 9:35 "Apartheid" is an Afrikaan word first used in 1929. It's unclear when, and in what context, this word was used, since it did come into full use until after the British Mandate.
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