Marc39
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What moral authority did the allies have to give Arabs land they had been living on for centuries?
The land was Turkish land owned by the Ottoman Sultanate, not Arab land. Arabs, for the most part, did not have legal title to land in Judea
No "Arab land" was given away. Arabs sold land to Jews...
Palestine Royal Commission...
The Arab population shows a remarkable increase since 1920, and it has had some share in the increased prosperity of Palestine. Many Arab landowners have benefited from the sale of land [to Jews] and the profitable investment of the purchase money. The fellaheen are better off on the whole than they were in 1920. This Arab progress has been partly due to the import of Jewish capital into Palestine and other factors associated with the growth of the National Home. In particular, the Arabs have benefited from social services which could not have been provided on the existing scale without the revenue obtained from the Jews.
Furthermore, Arabs were offered statehood by the UN which they rejected.
You history lesson for the day, Georgie.