mdn2000
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Tit for tat, in 1948, when speaking or writing of Palestine, the term Palestinian was not applied to Arab/Moslems. That particular argument I will make in another post.
Palestine is a region, was alway a region, never a Country, never a Nation, never a State, never was a Nation called Palestine. Geographic area within Syria.
F L A M E : Israel's Borders: Are they "legitimate"? Should they be changed?
Palestine is a region, was alway a region, never a Country, never a Nation, never a State, never was a Nation called Palestine. Geographic area within Syria.
F L A M E : Israel's Borders: Are they "legitimate"? Should they be changed?
Myth: The establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 changed border arrangements that had existed for centuries.
Fact: The borders in the Middle East were drawn arbitrarily after World War I by Britain and France. In the spoils, Britain got Iraq and Palestine. In 1922, contrary to the Balfour Declaration and to its Mandate from the League of Nations, Britain gave the area east of the Jordan River (77% of Palestine) to the Hashemite tribes.
Myth: Judea and Samaria (also called "the West Bank") are part of Jordan.
Fact: The British allocated the area east of the Jordan River to the Hashemite tribes. These tribes founded a kingdom and called it Transjordan. In 1948, after the declaration of Israel's independence, the British-led Transjordanians attacked the newly founded Jewish state and were able to occupy Judea/Samaria (the "West Bank") and the eastern part of Jerusalem. They renamed themselves "Jordan" and stayed in that occupation for 19 years, until they were defeated and driven out by Israel in the 1967 Six Day War.
Myth: Israeli settlements in Judea/Samaria (the "West Bank") are illegal, an obstacle in peace.
Fact: Contrary to what Arab propaganda suggests, Jordan was never sovereign in Judea/Samaria (the "West Bank"). Thus, the constantly repeated accusation of "Israeli occupation" is pointless. Numerous international legal authorities, among them Eugene Rostow, have shown conclusively that Israel's rights in Judea/Samaria (the "West Bank") are based on international law and are further affirmed by U.N. Resolutions 242 and 338. President Reagan concluded that Jewish settlements are not illegal and that "...all people — Moslems, Jews, and Christians — are entitled to live in the West Bank."