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Beastly Boy

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3. In 1901, there was no Palestine.
Wed Jun 4, 2025, 08:16 AM
Jun 4

What the British later named Palestine was part of three separate Ottoman provinces, none of them named Palestine.

There was no peace withing the Ottoman Empire in 1901 either. It was the time when the empire experienced the worst constitutional crisis in its history, leading to The Young Turks rebellion of 1908 the collapse of dynastic rule, and eventually the disintegration of the entire empire.

Ironically, the map you linked to shows Judea and Samaria, but not Palestine.

There were no Israelis either. The State of Israel was formed in 1948, as a response to the UN partition of the former mandatory Palestine, a British protectorate since 1920. The trouble started way before Irgun was formed, and not by "Israelis". By 1967, Israel was recognized by the vast majority of UN member states as a sovereign independent state, in fact and in law.

"They built houses on what was, by their own admission, temporary land." is an ignorant statement that has no reflection anywhere. Your further comment underscores the ridiculous nature of this statement. By definition, a purchase signifies permanent ownership and establishes legal claim to the purchased property.

Nobody is "asking" for conquest of Gaza. Nobody thinks that "that they have the might to do whatever they want". Israel was not, an is not the cause of the problem you allege happened in 1901, nearly half a century before Israel came into existence.

What an overall ignorant and malicious post! Makes it clear why what you think on the subject can be safely ignored.

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