pbel, et al,
And of course, you are more right then you might think.
(COMMENT)I guess you just don't get it...No-one in the Islamic world gives any credence to your Western Colonial interpretations...
None of the Mandates represented any form of Western Colonization.
As for the interpretation, nearly all the references you used, are authored by one or more of the original WWI Allied Powers. What interpretation should be used?Most Respectfully,
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Oh, I see people from the European diaspora and later Russia are not Colonialist, I see, they are just land thieves.
The conquered peoples who were indigenous for 2,000 years, try too see their point of view....
Just as none of the Egyptians, Saudis, Iranians, Iraqis, Jordanians were Arabic colonialists just Arabic land thieves and mass murderers. While they were getting their slice of the pie everything was good and happy, but as soon as it looked like the barren desert was to be given to another party they erupted in hatred and fury.
The Jews were invited to colonise an empty land by the LEGAL LAND OWNERS as part of the details in the mandate of Palestine.
Now do show a credible link to prove that the Egyptians, Saudis, Iranians, Iraqis, Jordanians were there for 2000 years. When even the muslim histories tell of massive enforced migrations into the area by the ottomans because the land was so inhospitable and devoid of human life. Even the Mandate powers state that Arabic migration was rampant in the lead up to the partition of the land.
Now what about the rights of the indigenous people who had lived and worked the land for 4,500 years facing rape, murder, evictions and brutal oppression for 1500 of those years at the hands of the Arabic land thieves.
