P F Tinmore, et al,
Oh --- you are parsing words.
P F Tinmore, et al,
What dope are you smoking?
I agree. The Mandate was a temporarily assigned trustee. As such it had the authority to act on the Palestinian's behalf.
The Palestinians never declined self rule.
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The Partition Plan offered self-rule over an Arab State. It was rejected by the Arab Palestinian.
Most Respectfully,
R
"An Arab state." Not Palestine.
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Palestine is a Mandate Term for the territory to which the Mandate applied
(or formerly applied). The perimeter of the territory was surveyed-out by the Allied Powers, as determined by the that area surrendered by the Ottoman Empire (1918) and relinquished by the Republic of Turkey (1920).
Armistice of Mudros, (30 October 1918), pact signed at the port of Mudros, on the Aegean island of
Lemnos, between the
Ottoman Empire and Great Britain (representing the
Allied powers) marking the defeat of the
Ottoman Empire in
World War I (1914–18).
Under the terms of the
armistice, the Ottomans surrendered their remaining garrisons in
Hejaz,
Yemen,
Syria, Mesopotamia,
Tripolitania, and Cyrenaica; the Allies were to occupy the Straits of the
Dardanelles and the
Bosporus, Batum (now in southwest Georgia), and the Taurus tunnel system; and the Allies won the right to occupy “in case of disorder” the six Armenian provinces in
Anatolia and to seize “any strategic points” in case of a threat to Allied security. The Ottoman army was demobilized, and Turkish ports, railways, and other strategic points were made available for use by the Allies.
ARTICLE 139 (10 August 1920) Treaty between the Principle Allied Powers and the High Contracting Parties with the Government and His Majesty the Sultan, Ottoman Empire
Turkey renounces formally all rights of suzerainty or jurisdiction of any kind over Moslems who are subject to the sovereignty or protectorate of any other State.
No power shall be exercised directly or indirectly by any Turkish authority whatever in any territory detached from Turkey or of which the existing status under the present Treaty is recognized by Turkey.
In either case, the Arab Palestinian (
citizens of the Government of Palestine with the Mandatory acting as said government) where not the successors of any sovereign authority. The Allied Powers "can" provisionally recognized the existence as independent nations
(it did not have to make provisional recognition) --- subject to the rendering of administrative advice and assistance by a Mandatory until such time as they are able to stand alone. The Treaty of Peace with Turkey
(AKA: Treaty of Lausanne) --- signed at Lausanne, 24 July 1923, wherein the Republic of Turkey was the successor government to the Ottoman Government. The Treaty of Lausanne does not independently address Palestine as a separate entity. Within the meaning of the Treaty, Palestine
(not identified) was a component of the Syria
(a split territory between Great Britain and France):
From the Mediterranean to the frontier of Persia, the frontier of Turkey is laid down as follows:
(I ) With Syria: The frontier described in Article 8 of the Franco-Turkish Agreement of the 20th October, 1921
(2) With Iraq:
Most Respectfully,
R