You know. I think it all depends on what Tin man means by the word "Acquired".
Well, what he is trying to prove is that "Palestine" acquired land in the same way that Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq did. And then Israel stole it from "Palestine" using military force.
What he is having difficulty grasping is that there is no way to differentiate between "Palestine" and "Israel". Just as there is no way to differentiate between "Jordan" and the "Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan". They are the same legal entity -- a geographical label of a defined territory, which transitioned by achieving the four criteria necessary, to being States.
He is foolishly trying to prove that "Palestine" was indeed a State, even though it did not meet the criteria, while simutaneously trying to prove the "Israel" was not a State, even though it did meet the criteria.
The main issue with me is that Jordan did not acquire the land the same way as Israel, known as Palestine, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon did.
There were four Mandates to begin with. The four above.
But the British, not being Jew friendly, decided to give most of the Jewish Mandate to another Arab clan. And then, the British basically gave up on giving any of the rest to the Jews, and let the Arabs riot and kill.
So, Jordan only happened because the Hashemites were kicked out of their ancient homeland by the Yemenite Saudi clan, and the British Chose to give most of the Mandate of Palestine to them.
Nothing like this happened with the other mandates.
Not one indigenous people, be it the Kurds, etc were allowed any part of their homeland. They were all forced to share with the Arab invaders. And so it was until it was not.
The Jews wanted to share what was left of the Mandate with the Arabs. The Arabs said no.
How did Israel acquire land?
Though blood, sweat and tears. All of that forced on them by the Arabs/Muslims who could not accept Jewish sovereignty even on the Jewish Ancient Homeland.
They were attacked from 1920 to 1949. Survived because there was nothing else to do but survived in the middle of such hostility.
Tin man cannot accept that the Jews survived and continue to survive.
Too bad for him
