RoccoR
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RE: The events in Jerusalem
※→ Sixties Fan, et al,
I'm not trying to disagree.
You are correct, there was not "state" as in a self-governing institution. The "Government of Palestine" is the terminology of the courts (the title of the legal entity). But what is often misunderstood are:
• The Government of Palestine is the same as saying the Mandatory to which the Mandate applied.
• Whoever, the Permanent Mandates Commission and the Mandatory agreed that:
The term "Palestine" means the "territory to which the Mandate applied;" which, in turn, means the Government of Palestine.
Being a citizen of the Government of Palestine during the Mandate era could also be phrase (and still be accurate) a Citizen of Palestine. But still the legal entity was NOT self-governing and so, not a state.
Most Respectfully,
R
※→ Sixties Fan, et al,
I'm not trying to disagree.
(COMMENT)Neither Jews nor Muslims nor Christians had Palestinian Citizenship in Palestine. No country existed and no State had yet been created.
Yes, it has been land theft.
In 1920 the British made the Jews leave their homes and lands in Gaza and not allowed to return.
In 1925 the Hashemite Arabs were gifted 78% of the Jewish homeland under the Mandate for Palestine. All Jews were expelled from those lands.
In 1929 the Arabs rioted in Hebron and who got expelled? The Jews, until 1967.
In 1948, 5 Arab Armies invaded the new State of Israel and took all of Judea, Samaria and the Jewish quarter of Jerusalem stealing all of that land and expelling all of the Jews.
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At some point, you and others are going to have to come to term with, Yes, it is about land, especially land controlled by Muslims which non Muslims are not allowed to have and much less become sovereign over.
You are correct, there was not "state" as in a self-governing institution. The "Government of Palestine" is the terminology of the courts (the title of the legal entity). But what is often misunderstood are:
• The Government of Palestine is the same as saying the Mandatory to which the Mandate applied.
The term "Palestine" means the "territory to which the Mandate applied;" which, in turn, means the Government of Palestine.
Being a citizen of the Government of Palestine during the Mandate era could also be phrase (and still be accurate) a Citizen of Palestine. But still the legal entity was NOT self-governing and so, not a state.
Most Respectfully,
R