"World War I. British civil administration in Palestine operated from 1920 until 1948. This administration was formalised with the League of Nations' consent in 1923 under the British Mandate for Palestine which covered two administrative areas. The land west of the Jordan River,
known as Palestine, was under direct British administration until 1948, while the land east of the Jordan was a semi-autonomous region
known as Transjordan, under the rule of the Hashemite family from the Hijaz, and gained independence in 1946."
Mandatory Palestine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So tell us, Georgie boy, who were the inhabitants of Trans Jordan. They were the Arabs weren't they, and they had to be under the rule of the Hashemites. Meanwhile, at the time it was the Jews who were considered the Palestinians and the Arabs in the area were called just plain Arabs or Syrians. Why not tell us who was manning the Palestine booth at the 1940 World's Fair in New York, and what was the previous name of the Jerusalem Post? Anyhow, take this up with Hamas........
Hamas leader admits 'Palestinian' identity is invented
Tuesday, April 03, 2012 | Ryan Jones
US Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has come under a lot of fire for saying that the "Palestinians" are an invented people. Most have ridiculed Gingrich by pointing out there are clearly millions of Arabs living in so-called "Palestine."
But Gingrich wasn't talking about the physical presence of those people today, but rather the national identity they have adopted and the fact that most immigrated to the land not so long ago.
In a televised address on Al-Hekma TV last week, Hamas Minister of the Interior and of National Security Fathi Hammad basically backed up Gingrich's assessment, acknowledging that the roots of most "Palestinians" are elsewhere in the Middle East, and that the Palestinian label is only a thin veneer.
Those pushing for a Palestinian state try to paint the Palestinian Arabs as somehow distinct from the Arabs round-about, and therefore in need of their own state. Not so, said Hammad. "Every Palestinian, in Gaza and throughout Palestine, can prove his Arab roots - whether from Saudi Arabia, from Yemen, or anywhere. We have blood ties."
More than that, Hammad stated that the true regional background of most "Palestinians" is not in "Palestine."
"Brothers, half of the Palestinians are Egyptians and the other half are Saudis," exclaimed the Hamas minister.
Hammad's remarks were undoubtedly never intended for a Western audience. Rather, he was pleading with Egypt and other neighboring states to supply Hamas-ruled Gaza with free fuel, which Hammad said Hamas would use "in order to continue to wage Jihad."