et al,
None of this has made sense in terms of the Arab Palestinian "DEMANDS" for acceptance of their "Constitution" and their rejection to participate in any phased process to attain self-government (
See Post #3365). The Arab Palestinians had no authority to demand anything that did not conform to the desired process to establish a self-government in Palestine, but to proceed in this direction by stages…. The Arab Palestinians were not promised anything, and the Mandatory was not likely to accept demands from the disrespectful and ill mannered Arab Delegation
(formerly the enemy indigenous population supporting the Axis Powers and the Ottoman Empire). The arrogant tone of the correspondence between the Arab Delegation and the Secretary of State for the Colonies merely demonstrates that while the Arab Delegation declined to participate in the self-governance process, they demand that change be made to the Palestine Order in Council because the Delegation considered it "wholly unsatisfactory;" and stipulating that no useful purpose would be served by discussing in detail the draft of "The Palestine Order in Council, 1922." The Arab Delegation did not want to establish a counterpart voice
(an Arab Agency) to the Jewish Agency at the Territorial Level in Palestine with the High Commissioner. But then complained that they were denied their rights and that they were unfairly administered when the outcome of the process favors the Jewish constituency
(who had the Jewish Agency as a voice). The idea that the Council should stand in support of Arab Domination over the territory flies in the face of the stated principle objective: "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people."
The absurd idea that the Arab Delegation, in the era of 1922, could guarantee
(for any reasonable amount of time) that "national home for the Jewish people" would be preserved in tact and NOT under the pressures of the Radical Islamic Fundamentalism that was brewing even then; with Grand Mufti of Jerusalem pushing for the independence of Palestine as an Arab state and Amin al-Husseini
(Grand Mufti) actively supporting violent riots that broke out over one of the principle goals in the Mandate --- establishment of a
national home for the Jewish people in Palestine.
Which Arab Country in the region includes these rights in their Constitution:
(1) Safeguard the civil, political and economic interests of the People.
(2) Provide for the creation of a national independent Government in accordance with the spirit of paragraph 4, Article 22, of the Covenant of the League of Nations.
(3) Safeguard the legal rights of foreigners.
(4) Guarantee religious equality to all peoples.
(5) Guarantee the rights of minorities.
(6) Guarantee the rights of the Assisting Power.
The
Guide to Human Rights in Arab Countries is at this link. There was no reasonable expectation then --- and their is no reasonable expectation now, that any Arab Nation could protect and preserve the Jewish National Home. In effect what the Arab Delegation demanded is the ability to crush the concept. Just as the 1920's Grand Mufti of Jerusalem (Amin al-Husseini) was violently opposed to the Jews, so it is today --- that the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem:
"In the course of his visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority next week, as a matter of protocol, Pope Francis, the most senior figure in the Catholic Church, is scheduled to meet with Israel's two chief rabbis as well as the most senior religious figure in the PA, the Mufti Sheikh Muhammad Hussein. What Pope Francis may not be aware of is that the Mufti has an ongoing record of vicious Antisemitic hate speech, which has been condemned internationally. In 2012, the Mufti preached that it is Muslim destiny to kill the Jews. On a different occasion, in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, he taught that Jews were "enemies of Allah," and in another speech he said that the souls of suicide bombers "tell us to follow in their path." SOURCE:
Pope to visit PA Mufti who preached Jews are enemies of Allah destined to be exterminated by Muslims // 19 May 2014."
Today, the world has to be very careful of the outbreak of Radical Islamic Views that are held by politically motivated movements. They fight and kill in the name of their religion, killing more Arabs (Sunni or Shi'ite) than any outside western power ever thought about. There is no expectation that these groups will ever truly become a useful and productive asset the the greater Arab Community or the Islamic Community.
This idea that the Arab were not treated fairly, is an uneducated perspective in history. The Arabs were treated no differently than any other losing cultures in a major war. Today --- the Arab in some naive sense, wants to argue the correctness and fairness of the Partition Plan. They believe that they had some innate authority or provocative right that suggests they should have had a political voice in the matter of the Israels self-determination. The territories were surrendered to the Allied Powers for whatever disposition that they may determine is best. And the sovereignty to be divide in whatever manner the Allied Powers considered the best. This --- without regard to whatever the Arabs may deem unsatisfactory. The decisions --- were a determination made by the Allied Powers; and NOT the Arab Delegation
(formerly the enemy indigenous population supporting the Axis Powers and the Ottoman Empire).
As you can see, a half dozen Arab Countries were created from the territories to which one of the Mandates applied. The smallest remaining subdivision is still in contention because of the love the Arab Palestinians have for asymmetric activities and insurrectionist causes to oppose the Jewish National Home (Israel). The remaining territory, known as the State of Palestine (AKA: the occupied Palestinian territory), has not made any significant cultural or economic advances since the 1949 Armistice to the Arab Invasion that ignited the Israel War of Independence. The Arab Palestinian has focused on conflict and belligerence since that time and not on any nation build or major domestic infrastructure improvements. Instead of working to become a useful and productive regional influence, they are the poster image of a fail nation that is totally dependent on donor contributions and an economic parasite to the international community.
Most Respectfully,
R