When Jerusalem was divided that wasn't enough for the Palestinians who played all or none. Fine by me.
I think refugees should take your property and then agree to let you have some of it back.. If you protest, you'll be shot.
Zionist Aspirations in Palestine - 20.07
Atlantic Unbound: The Atlantic Monthly Magazine Onlinewww.theatlantic.com
I think refugees should take your property and then agree to let you have some of it back..
Take your property? The Ottomans lost. Gave it up.
Doesn't suddenly turn it into Arab property. Right?
The Rothschilds of Paris and the Jewish National Fund were buying land here during the Ottoman period and during British Mandate era. Most of the land was owned by Arab Effendis who had land grants from the Sultan. They were willing to sell the worse land. Edmund and Alphonse Rothschild bought malarial swamps where Petach Tikva and Rishon Le Zion are today. Kibbutz Degania was swamp. Ein Gedi was salty soil near the Dead Sea where nothing grew. In 1920 the JNF bought all the Jezreel Valley from the Sursuk clan. I could go on but i think i have given you the basics.
Most of the land was owned by Arab Effendis who had land grants from the Sultan.
Most? How much?
I could go on but i think i have given you the basics.
So you admit, the Ottoman loss didn't make Ottoman land suddenly Arab land. Right?