Missourian
Diamond Member
Don't confuse them with the facts.So who did own the land? It was under the control the the British by authorization of the U.N.
According to the immediate Google co-pilot info:
". . .Before 1947, the land that would become Israel was owned by:
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- The Turkish-ruled Ottoman Empire.
- The British mandatory government (more than 70% of the land).
- Jews (9% of the land).
- Arabs who became citizens of Israel (about 3% of the land).
- Wealthy Jews who purchased land from Arabs.
- The Jewish National Fund, which acquired land from the Ottomans.