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Thread #91912   Message #1751826
Posted By: beardedbruce
02-Jun-06 - 02:41 PM
Thread Name: BS: The Euston Manifesto
Subject: RE: BS: The Euston Manifesto
from another thread-

AS I HAVE POINTED OUT, The boundaries of Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and the MANDATED JEWISH HOMELAND were specified at the San Remos conference, and treaty negotiations with the successor to the Ottoman Empire ( Turkey) by the Allied Powers. This was confirmed by the League of Nations, giving the British a MANDATE TERROTORY to become a Jewish Homeland. Shall we use THOSE borders??????
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The ORIGINAL boundaries of the Mandated Jewish Homeland included ALL of Israel, the West Bank and Jordan ( Transjordan) THAT was what was negotiated. Afterwards, WITHOUT negotiation, the League declared that the portion of the Mandate EAST of the Jordan would be excluded from the Homeland, and become an Arab nation. The PARTITION of the Mandate territory was supposed to be into Jewish and Arab areas.
As I have asked before, why do the Arabs who did not accept the invitation to become Israelis have so much greater rights to the land than the Jews in Arab nations who were driven out? As long as it is insisted that the Palestinians "own" Israel, and the Jews who were driven out of Arab countries ( a GREATER number than the Arabs who fled Israel) get nothing, the only thing to think is that Jews are not quite as much human beings as the Arabs. Is THAT what you are trying to say? The Jews driven out of Arab nations had no say in the matter, either- AND they were NOT offered citizenship, as were the Arabs who stayed in Israel.

Mandate Palestine areas