montelatici, et al,
The overall politics that set the ground conditions for the Kurds, is not even remotely similar to that of the Arab Palestinians. The Kurdistan was specifically discussed in Section III, Articles 62 thru 64, Treaty of Sevres. However, that did not convert into the Treaty of Lausanne.
Poor analogy.
You don't understand very well. And, I don't listen to morons. The Palestinians considered themselves Palestinians even though the British refused to allow them exercise self-government, because they (the British) were intent on flooding the land with enough European Jews to be able to subjugate and expropriate the native Palestinian Muslims and Christians.
Just as Kurds consider themselves Kurds, who have never had a state under the sovereignty of Kurds.
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Well, in 1936, the term "Palestinian" described Muslims, Jews and all others living in the region.
For the purposes of this Order
[Palestine Legislative Council Election Order, 1922] and pending the introduction of an Order in Council regulating Palestinian citizenship, the following persons shall be deemed to be Palestinian citizens:--
(a)Turkish subjects habitually resident in the territory of Palestine at the date of commencement of this Order.
(b)All persons of other than Turkish nationality habitually resident in the territory of Palestine at the said date, who shall within two calendar months of the said date make application for Palestinian citizenship in such form and before such officer as may be prescribed by the High Commissioner.
3.Q. What measures have been taken to bring the country under such political, administrative and economic conditions as will safeguard the civil and religious rights of all the inhabitants of Palestine, irrespective of race and religion? What are the effects of these measures?
A. The Palestinian Citizenship Order in Council which was made in August, 1925, provides for the acquisition of Palestinian citizenship by persons habitually resident in the country who were Ottoman subjects, and persons who were foreign subjects and take up permanent residence.
The Convention between His Majesty's Government and the Government of the United States which provides for the treatment of American citizens in Palestine and places them on the same footing as other foreign subjects, came into force in December, 1925. The Convention recites the Mandate and declares that the United States consents to the administration of Palestine by His Britannic Majesty pursuant to the Mandate. It expressly confers on the nationals of the United States the right to establish and maintain educational and religious institutions subject to the provision of any local laws for the maintenance of public order and public morals.
A Commission under the Chairmanship of Sir Anton Bertram, ex-Chief Justice of Ceylon, was appointed by the High Commissioner to enquire into controversies between the Orthodox Patriarchate and the Arab Orthodox Community as to the rights of the laity; controversies not affecting the custody of the Holy Places nor falling within the competence of the proposed Holy Places Commission. The Report of the Commission has not yet been published.
"The 1925 Palestine Citizenship Order-in-Council, passed by the British government and implemented in the Palestine Mandate,
was the first piece of mandate legislation to officially recognize Palestine's Arab community as citizens of Palestine rather than 'ex-enemy Ottoman subjects. This marked a change in the legal position of Palestine's Arab residents, and a confirmation of the de facto status of Palestine's Jewish residents. But as our guest Lauren Banko explains in this episode, the reality on the ground for the Arab inhabitants of Palestine and emigrants settled outside of the former Ottoman realms did not reflect the British mandatory understanding of citizenship."
Most Respectfully,
R