RE: Boycot Israel
SUBTOPIC: *****
⁜→ P F Tinmore, et al,
This is a continuation of a
discussion from 21 OCT 2021.
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No. That is not a premise at all. I never argued that the Mandate had territory. BUT! I use the exact same language as the League of Nations (LoN) and Allied Powers used. I think you are having a reading, interpretation, and comprehension problem.
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The existence of "Palestine" was ever at issue. And the existence of "Palestine" was not part of the discussion in the recent exchange of views. However, it appears that you might misunderstand what "Palestine" means relative to the evolution of the term through the 20th Century and early 21st Century.
More than two-Millenium ago, "Palestine" was approximated something like this.
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≈1918 to 1920: Tactically the term Palestine was a territory included in the Occupied Enemy Territory:
Immediately prior to the end of the Great War ≈ Prior to 1920: Palestine was an indeterminate territory in the Levant that extended into:
1920 to 1948 "Palestine" was a legal entity but it is not a sovereign state, and considered a territory administered under mandate by United Kingdom, which was entirely responsible both for its internal administration and for its foreign affairs.
After the 15th May 1948, "Palestine" continued to be a legal entity but not a sovereign state because it was not immediately self-governing. This was an outcome of their own choice.
For various reasons, the lines of control and administration shifted to and fro. but what was clear up to early December 2012 was stated best by the Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs in a Memorandum.
This is a thumbnail or a thumbnail or a thumbnail view of the timeline. But as you can plainly see, prior to 1998 the name "Palestine Liberation Organization" (PLO) was used, and it was only then that "Palestine" replaced the usage of PLO.
All this has been discussed extensively several times before now.
OK, I am off-the soap box now.
Most Respectfully,
R