Toddsterpatriot
Diamond Member
The Myth Of Palestinian Arab Refugees Exposed
What a fruitcake. Why refugees leave is irrelevant.
Villagers attacked Israel while in their own villages.
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Why 'refugees' (I believe you mean pre-refugees or 'refugees to be named a later date' or 'refugees to be named after the Arab armies told the, 'shoo, so we can begin our Jew killing') is certainly relevant.
When you whine about 'their villages', it's important to be accurate and identify that land occupied by Arabs-Moslems was formerly Turkish controlled territory. The Turks released all rights and title to the British Mandatory.
We further know that majority landowners under the Ottoman Turks were absentee landowners from Egypt, Syria and Lebanon.
How do we know this? Well, the Turkish government released Ottoman land records.
Turkey transfers Ottoman land records to Palestinian Authority
The PA had requested the records to support Palestinian land claims prior to British takeover.www.haaretz.com
Even before 1917, Jewish and Zionist institutions had purchased large tracts of land in Palestine from absentee landlords, who lived mainly in Syria and Lebanon. These landlords had previously leased their property to local farmers, but were happy to sell it for the right price, without giving a thought to their tenant farmers. Nevertheless, Palestinians view these sales as more legitimate than those that took place during the British occupation that began in 1917.
Under Ottoman rule, a substantial portion of the land in Palestine was registered as state land. Some of this land was later sold or transferred to pre-state Jewish institutions. Other portions belonged to the Muslim waqf (religious trust), and these, according to Islamic law, cannot be sold. However, there was no orderly registration process; ownership was determined primarily using records such as tax payments.
The Ottoman Empire had a land rights system. Those rights could be bought, sold, or inherited.
Nobody in Israel owns any land. It is all leased. Does that mean they have no rights?
Nobody in Israel owns any land. It is all leased.
Interesting. Does anyone in Palestine own any land?