re: ilia, some real history of Israel

Submitted by Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan (United Kingdom), Jan 27, 2007 at 16:09

The British Mandate in Palestine

The emergence, structure, and function of the mandatory government from 1923-1948.

By Howard M. Sachar

"On the basis of this elaborately delimited format, Samuel's administra­tion laid the groundwork for general elections. A census was taken, revealing a population of 650,000 Moslems, 87,000 Jews, and 73,000 Christians. "

http://www.myjewishlearning.com/history_community/Modern/Overview_The_Story_19141948/WWI_and_the_Jews/PalestineBTW/MandateI.htm

Odd that. I'm reasonably sure that Infidel has previously denied that any kind of census ever took place during that time and only the Jewish population was counted. Yet he also claims to have read this guy's literature on the subject. So who is wrong (yet again)?

The collapse of the Ottoman Empire had profound consequences for the Jews, as the Ottomans controlled Palestine, the territory that the World Zionist Organization (WZO, founded 1897) preferred for a Jewish state. During the war, when it became clear that the Ottomans would side with Germany against Great Britain and France, the Allied powers strategized about the fate of the strategically and economically important Middle East. The British were particularly busy strategists, making agreements with three parties regarding the fate of Palestine: the French, the Jews, and the Arabs.

http://www.myjewishlearning.com/history_community/Modern/Overview1914.htm

In 1917, after protracted negotiations between the British government and the WZO, Great Britain issued the Balfour Declaration, which stated British support for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. This was a tremendous victory for Zionism. At the same time, however, the British offered similar reassurances to the Arabs regarding their rights to Palestine. After the war, as the Allies [BRITAIN & FRANCE] emerged victorious, the United Nations gave Great Britain the mandate to administer Palestine. Under British rule from 1918-1948, Palestine was characterized by increasingly tense relationships among the British, Jews, and Arabs, all of whom felt that they had the right to the same land.

Why was the Jewish contribution, if any, in the fall of the Ottoman's who had previously ruled the region? Less than, or greater than, the Arabs?

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