So the fact that Palestinians considered themselves Palestinians and held congresses as Palestinians as early as 1919 does not matter to you. To you the bullshit you have been fed trumps the truth and facts.
In reality they did not see themselves as a separate entity but part of Syria
Palestinian people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The historical record continued to reveal an interplay between "Arab" and "Palestinian" identities and nationalism. The idea of a unique Palestinian state separated out from its Arab neighbors was at first rejected by Palestinian representatives. The First Congress of Muslim-Christian Associations (in Jerusalem, February 1919), which met for the purpose of selecting a Palestinian Arab representative for the Paris Peace Conference, adopted the following resolution: "We consider Palestine as part of Arab Syria, as it has never been separated from it at any time. We are connected with it by national, religious, linguistic, natural, economic and geographical bonds
When France was given the mandate for Syria and the UK for Palestine, that ended any chance of Syria absorbing Palestine into Syria. By the way, Lebanon was also historically part of Syria, it was split off to maintain a Christian plurality. The fact is, Palestinians existed since Roman times, thru the Middle Ages (Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem) and through modern times. An attempt to deligitimize the Christians and Muslims of Palestine may play well in front of a brainwashed American audience, but is just plain bullshit as seen by the rest of the world.
Try again as France was also given the mandate for Palestine not Syria. Yes the area of Palestine did exist from the Roman conquest and included all of the above named nations, part of Saudi and part of Egypt. BUT IT WAS NEVER A SOVEREIGN STATE. The only people delegitimising the Christians are the arab muslims by keeping them under laws of DHIMMA. The muslims don't need any help in delegitimising themselves as they are doing a far better job than anyone else can. When you understand that before the mandate Palestine was a far latger part of the ME than it is now you might see your errors.
By the rest of the world I take it you mean the Islamic world
