1. Occupying land is not the same as owning it.
For example, you might occupy a barstool for a few hours but you don't own it.
2. Yes, the British did promise to give Palestine to the Arabs for their indispensable aid in fighting the Ottoman Turks under the McMahon Agreement:
Here is a brief clarification of the document approved by the British government, "...in writing", as you requested:
"The McMahon Agreement"
The McMahon-Hussein Agreement of October 1915 was accepted by Palestinians as a promise by the British that after World War One, land previously held by the Turks would be returned to the Arab nationals who lived in that land. The McMahon-Hussein Agreement was to greatly complicate Middle East...
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EXCERPT "The McMahon-Hussein Agreement of October 1915 was accepted by
Palestinians as a promise by the British that after
World War One, land previously held by the Turks would be returned to the Arab nationals who lived in that land. The McMahon-Hussein Agreement was to greatly complicate
Middle East history and seemed to directly clash with the
Balfour Declaration of 1917."CONTINUED
3. Thank you for agreeing that Palestine was predominantly Muslim. As of 1900, the Jewish population was about 3% - 4% and the Muslim population was 80% +
The Palestinian Jews and Arabs generally got along well until the invasion of foreign Zionist terrorist gangs:
“Before Zionism: The shared life of Jews and Palestinians”
Before the advent of Zionism and Arab nationalism, Jews and Palestinians lived in peace in the holy land. Menachem Klein’s new book maps out an oft-forgotten history of Israel/Palestine, and offers some guidance on how we may go back to that time. By Noam Rotem Menachem Klein’s book, Lives in...
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EXCERPT “He quotes the memoirs of Ya’akov Elazar from Jerusalem, who remembers how “the Muslim women cooperated respectfully with the customs of the Jewish religion…the Muslim neighbors allowed the Jewish women to pump water necessary before the Sabbath.” Klein also describes how some Muslims even joined their Jewish neighbors in reciting religious prayers. He describes the
cheder (a traditional elementary school where the basics of Judaism and the Hebrew language were taught) run by Hacham Gershon in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, where Arab parents brought their children so that they would learn how to behave properly. Klein also writes that sexual relations and marriages between Jews and Arabs were not unheard of, even if they were not considered legitimate.” CONTINUED
It is my sincere wish that Jews and Arabs return to a mutually beneficial co-operative existence.
The primary reason for hostilities is that the Palestinian Jews were used to sharing land, water and scarce resources and the recently arrived Zionists want all of Palestine for just foreign Jews.
4. Yes it is possible to acquire land simply by living on it through "Adverse Possession".
It's a fairly common occurrence for which there are 3 legal requirements.
The legal language is that your occupancy must be: "open", "notorious" and "hostile" all of which the Palestinians have fulfilled by living there for centuries.
Thanks,