Middle East Conflict

robbieh said:
India was governed by the British for a long time. The population were Indian. Algeria was governed by the French for a shorter period of time But the population were not French.

You might like to console yourself with the fact that Palestinians have never governed the land they live in. But whoever was governing the place whether it was the Ottomans(400 years), Egypt, Jordan, the British, Selzuk Turks, or the Mamluk dynasty, the majority of the population were Arabs.
For 12 centuries the Arabs of Palestine had their home in Palestine. The Guvnors came and went.

There hasn't been a Jewish majority in Palestine since the 2nd Century AD.


In 1800 there were 7,000 Jews as opposed to 270, 000 Arabs.

100 years later, after the first Zionists had arrived, the Jewish population had expanded to 43k. Still dwarfed by the nearly half a million Arabs.

By the time of supposed partition nearly 700,000 Jews lived in Palestine. Only a third of the population but nevertheless it highlights the massive immigration that took place.

No wonder the indigenous population were pissed off.
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And remind me why this 'massive immigration' took place?
 
Pelegrinni said:
West Bank was governed by Jordan between 1948 and 1967.
Gaza was governed by Egypt between 1948 and 1967.
Before 1948, that land was governed by many different empires including Britain.

Israel took over these territories after defeating both Egypt and Jordan during the six day war of 1967.
Israel left Gaza since 2005 until 2023 after the October 7 attack. They wanted to hand Gaza back to Egypt but the Egyptians refused.
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Let's be accurate. Jordan annexed the West Bank rather than governed it. Egypt ruled Gaza under military occupation. Both could have enabled self-governance, yet neither had any interest in doing so. The Palestinians' worst enemy has been their fellow Arabs.
 
Pelegrinni said:
Are there any artifacts of Arab origin in Palestine?
Can you name any Arab king/queen that ruled in Palestine.
What was the currency of the Arab kingdom of Palestine.
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Are you being deliberately obtuse?

I already said that they never governed Palestine and therefore no, there'd be no Arab king or queen.
And for the very same reason there'd be no currency either.

As for artefacts I have no idea.

I guess what you are trying to say is that there has not been an Arab majority.

I imagine with the artefact question, that you mean a kingdom of Israel that existed at the same time that Queen Boudica was strutting her stuff, legitimises the modern state of Israel.
 
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