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Comments by "Winston Smith" (@winstonsmith935) on "Israel-Gaza: Netanyahu compares Hamas to ISIS after attacks" video.
Middle East is an Investment in Oil and Weapons. Ask Wall Street.
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The beginning era of the Middle East. NATIONALISM IN THE REGION RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS, JEWS. STRATEGIC LOCATION OF MIDDLE EAST "MIDDLE EAST" COINED 1850s (British & French) LOCATION NEAR VITAL UK HOLDINGS (INDIA, EGYPT) WEAK OTTOMAN GOV'T = EASY PICKINGS OIL-RICH Region. BRITISH WHEELINGS AND DEALINGS MUSLIMS: PROMISE DISGRUNTLED REGIONS FULL INDEPENDENCE IF THEY HELP ALLIED POWERS IN WWI Remember LAWRENCE, "LAWRENCE OF ARABIA" JEWS- BALFOUR DECLARATION: HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT VIEWS WITH FAVOR THE ESTABLISHMENT IN PALESTINE OF A NATIONAL HOME FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND WILL USE THEIR BEST ENDEAVOURS TO FACILITATE THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THIS OBJECT, IT BEING CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD THAT NOTHING SHALL BE DONE WHICH MAY PREJUDICE THE CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS RIGHTS OF EXISTING NON JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN Palestine ( Britain just gave Jews what the already owned.) ZIONIST MOVEMENT: JEWS SHOULD HAVE THEIR TRADITIONAL HOMELAND IN THE HOLY LAND. FRENCH: • SYKES PICOT TREATY " HOW FR. & UK WILL DIVIDE UP MIDDLE EAST AFTER THE WAR WHAT ABOUT INDEPENDENCE? RUSSIA TO BE CONSULTED EXCEPT AFTER 1917 TREATY OF VERSAILLES " ALLIED POWERS "WIN' • CENTRAL POWERS LOSE COLONIES, SEE TERRITORIES BROKEN UP LEAGUE OF NATIONS " MANDATE SYSTEM UK, FRANCE ADMINISTER REGIONS UNTIL THEY'RE "READY" FOR INDEPENDENCE THEY ARE INDEPENDENT, NOW WHAT? MORE WAR??
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