P F Tinmore
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I never said anything about their rights. But you always talk about post war treaties creating Palestine. Palestine the what??
I'm not trying to get you to say so something so I can use it against you. I'm just asking a question.
OK,here is the scenario as I see it. If there is something that you disagree with, please bring it to my attention.
Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire.
Britain occupied the territory in 1917.
The 1906 border between Egypt and the Ottoman Empire was honored as Palestines international border with Egypt.
The international border between Palestine and Syria/Lebanon was defined in 1920.
Britain recommended that Palestine and Transjordan be divided into two states. The League of Nations accepted that proposal defining Palestines eastern international border in 1922.
Those Turkish citizens who normally lived inside that defined territory would become Palestinian nationals and citizens of Palestine.
However none of this could be implemented as long as Palestine was under Turkish sovereignty. The Treaty of Lausanne in 1924 released Palestine, and all of the other newly created states, from Turkish sovereignty.
As a nation of people inside a defined territory the Palestinians have the right to self determination without external interference, the right to independence and sovereignty, and the right to territorial integrity. Anything that happened since then that violates those legal rights is a violation of international law.
Palestine the undefined area was part of the ottoman empire
Britain took the territory in 1917 during WW1 and evicted the axis powers.
The 1906 border between Egypt and the ottoman empire was accepted as the border.
The borders between the FRENCH MANDATED OF PALESTINE Syria/ Lebanon and the BRITISH MANDATE OF PALESTINE were set in 1920
The eastern border of trans Jordan was set in 1922
Those Turkish citizens who lived in the mandated lands of Palestine had the right to accept citizenship of the mandated lands they lived in. Becoming French Palestinian citizens or British Palestinian citizens.
The treaty of Lausanne was the hand over of the reparations for WW1 by the ottomans and the land became mandated LoN land. This included the already formed nations of Iraq, Syria and trans Jordan that were still subject to mandate control.
There was no nation of people to receive those rights as the land was still under mandate, and the Jews declared their intention to create the nation of Israel on the land already set aside by the LEGAL OWNERS for that purpose. It was not until 1988 that the last piece of the mandated land was finally taken over and the mandate could end.
Palestine was a land defined by international borders. It had a native population who were citizens of Palestine.
The mandate owned no land and had no borders of its own. It held the land in trust while "rendering of administrative advice and assistance by a Mandatory until such time as they are able to stand alone." ~ LoN covanent
There has been a lot of misinformation about the mandate but it was assigned to Palestine to bring it to independence.