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In reply to the discussion: Netanyahu to Abbas: If settlements didn’t exist, would you recognize a Jewish state? [View all]shira
(30,109 posts)38. You falsely claimed Trans-Jordan was never a part of Palestine, remember?
The Palestine Mandate proves it was and Article 25 gave the Brits permission to sever it from Palestine.
Game. Set. Match.
Sir Henry McMahon's 1937 letter also shows Trans-Jordan was part of Palestine & was never intended to be anything but a Jewish homeland. Balfour's input WRT Palestine extending about 10km west of the Jordan River is irrelevant to actual legal precedent (Palestine Mandate).
I guess I'll have to keep reminding you of these facts each time you bring up this crackpot revisionism of yours. I'm curious as to what it is you think you've proven. IOW, how do you think I'm wrong? Be very clear and specific.
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Netanyahu to Abbas: If settlements didn’t exist, would you recognize a Jewish state? [View all]
shira
Nov 2016
OP
The very fact they won't recognize a Jewish state, won't give up on millions of refugees....
shira
Nov 2016
#6
Perhaps they just find it a little unfair that one group of people have refugee status
Tony_FLADEM
Nov 2016
#7
Yeah, it's unfair Jews are indigenous to Israel - isn't it? As for Palestinian refugees....
shira
Nov 2016
#8
From the time Jews began going to 'Palestine' in the last 19th century until about the late 1920's
Tony_FLADEM
Nov 2016
#9
Start at 1920, the Palestine of that time period designed to be the Jewish homeland....
shira
Nov 2016
#16
Now I'm curious, Tich. What was Palestine's boundaries during the Mandate period?
shira
Nov 2016
#42
Palestinians have rejected 3 deals in the past 16 years. Land swaps solve settlements...
shira
Nov 2016
#24
To play devil's advocate, if the Abbas said yes they would recognize Isreal, would the settlements
still_one
Nov 2016
#26
The Palestinians have rejected 3 peace deals since 2000 in which settlements would be dismantled....
shira
Nov 2016
#27
I am presenting a hypothetical shira. What would Netanyahu do if Abbas agreed to that?
still_one
Nov 2016
#28
I think the pressure would be too much on Netanyahu. Remember 1999 when Barak won....
shira
Nov 2016
#29