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Israelis, Palestinians remember life under British rule
Reuters
Published: 23.06.18, 08:28
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1. putting the genie back into the bottle
tiki ,   belgium   (06.23.18)
When the Jews will get their lands & valuables back in Germany, Poland, Holland, Russia, Eastern Europe & Arab countries etc.etc.etc.............,
than we might start talking about ''stolen Arab property'.
2. AFTER 70 YEARS....
FO ,   Belgium   (06.23.18)
After 70 years, may the Jewish people finally know the truth??? Based on the San-Remo and Peace Conference in Paris, and on the League of Nations' decision in 1922, Britain became mandatory (A Mandate is a TRUST!) of Palestine and Iraq. Three countries were part of the "A Class Mandate", Jewish Palestine, and Arab Iraq and Syria-Lebanon, three countries considered advanced enough politically and economically that a provisional independence could be granted, albeit under the administrative advice and assistance by a Mandatory until such time as they are able to stand alone". There was mention of ADVICE and ASSISTANCE, but not of British colonial rule, what in fact happened for Palestine. Never forget the maritime blockade imposed by the British to prevent Jews trying to flee Europe during WW II, to reach the shores of Palestine. An ally of Hitler couldn't have done better! A reminder: the 1922 League of Nations' resolution, voted unanimously by ALL the 51 members, gave the Jewish people the IRREVOCABLE RIGHT to settle anywhere on the territory between the Med. Sea and the Jordan River, including the Golan Heights, a decision that became International Law, that can't be rescinded, and indeed valid to this very day, and is reaffirmed by Article 80 of the United Nations' Charter.
3. JUST TO THINK ABOUT IT
Robert ,   Israel   (06.23.18)
I can also enumerate all those Jews that still keep their house keys and titles way back to the times of inquisition in Spain, without forgetting of the other thousands who still have their keys and titles of the houses and lands that were taken away from them in Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Syria ,Lebanon....
Palestinians should start learning that theirs is not the only misfortune. They should start working hard in the land they have now in order to turn it into a prosperous land, as Jews did.
Just whining gets nowhere.
4. wars make all this: my family lost property in Poland too
Ex Oleh Chadash   (06.23.18)
there is no justice in this world.
5. Guessing he might still have that land.....
Eliyahu Konn   (06.23.18)
if the arabs would have accepted partition. But his father probably sold it to someone of jewish descent and now he wants it back again. Reuters rag.
6. Jordan occupies 80% of the British Mandate of Palestine
nero   (06.24.18)
Jordan occupies 80% of the British Mandate of Palestine. The Jews who have lived in Palestine for 4000 years got a tiny sliver of the once Ottoman territory. For generations Jews in Palestine were called Palestinian too.
7. Israel rules!!!
BBB   (06.29.18)
There is NO Palestine!
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