Good point. That is why Britain was instrumental in the creation of Israel in Palestine.
The British resisted the creation of Israel very vigorously. I am married to an eyewitness who saw his father dragged off by the Brits - My grandfather lost the ONE brother ---among his austrian kin-----who survived the camps---died after "liberation"-----because the brits prevented his entry into palestine ---POST WORLD WAR II----------my husband's family languished and some died-----in the streets of ADEN ----because the Brits denied them exit for something like SEVEN YEARS ----but they were out before the pogrom of Aden thru which the brits whistled happy tunes
an interesting factoid is that the people who did help defy the brits-----were a few Irish men----is that not fascinating?
Britain helped the Zionists a lot in the creation of Israel. When that illegal scheme blew up in their faces they wrote the white paper of 1939 to ease the problem. Of course this blew up in their faces more because it turned the Zionists against them too.
Britain was getting shot at from both sides so they cut and ran leaving the problem they created to the UN to fix. Of course the UN has been sitting around with its thumb up its ass for over 60 years doing nothing and the conflict continues.
Try again Georgie-----the brits were "CUTTING AND RUNNING" from lands thruout the "BRITISH EMPIRE" in the post world war II era Long ago---when I was young -----I got to meet LOTS OF PEOPLE FROM THE FORMER BRITISH EMPIRE-------in all cases they described THE MESS THE BRITS CREATED AND LEFT FOR THEM ---------everything bad that happens------from Karachi to Amman is all the fault of ------the past history of those areas with "WESTERN IMPERIALISM" ------read that "british empire" always remember------the "CALIPHATE" (ottoman empire) was PARADISE and the "MOGHUL EMPIRE" (muslim controlled india) was PARADISE -----
and then (alas) the brits came. see? I know the muslim version of history ----quite well