#25
Can you name me a historical king of Palestine before 1947? A president maybe? Something?
You seem committed to the Team Tik Tok notion that Palestine was a country that was invaded and subjugated by the Israelis, without acknowledging that both Israel and Palestine (and Jordan) were creations of the British (and the French, sort of), a few years after the end of WWII.
Sorta like Pakistan was created as a homeland for Muslims in India.

#26 | POSTED BY MADBOMBER

It was part of the Ottoman Empire until the British encouraged the Arabs in the area to join a larger revolt with other Arab areas under the promise to let them create their own Arab State(s) after the war.

Then it was Mandatory Palestine because the British along with the rest of the Western world refused to honor their commitment to the Arabs in the area that helped them win World War I.

It went something like this, "Thanks everyone for fighting and dying to fight off the Ottoman Empire and help us win World War I. But we changed our mind and are giving a huge portion of the land you bled for to a new land called Israel. Suckers!"

#30
I'm not totally sure what you're talking about, but I'm guessing when you say "Arabs in the area," you're referring to the Arabs farther to the east in Iraq, who rose up against the Ottomans with British support.
In any case, the same outcome that created Israel also created Palestine and Jordan-both as Arab states. Additionally, the French created another Arab state, Syria. Iraq was created along similar lines after the British defeated the Ottomans.
The country of Israel today is a tiny sliver of that area.
Oh, and if you can find something showing that Palestinians, or Arabs in general were involved in the Sinai-Palestine campaign during WWI, please share. The orders of battle I can find show the usual suspects. The UK, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.

#32 | POSTED BY MADBOMBER

Arabs in the area included Palestinians. The entire area rose up.

And yes, it created Jordan. It also created Israel by betraying the agreement with local Arabs (including Palestinians).

"Oh, and if you can find something showing that Palestinians, or Arabs in general were involved in the Sinai-Palestine campaign during WWI, please share."

Again showing your lack of history understanding. The Ottoman Empire's policy prior to WWI had been deportation of Palestinians and Jews in the area. They weren't really known as Palestinians back then. Why would they be? You can figure it out.

Sir Henry McMahon, the first British high commissioner in Egypt, made the promise and put it in writing that the Arab world would be independent if it helped fight the Ottomans. Specifically included was Palestine. The region was to include as far south as Egypt and as far east as Iran. And the Arab community accepted and fought.

But if you want to get specific to the Sinai-Palestine Campaign, Arabs were fighting under Shariff Hussein in 1916. They are the ones who actually liberated Damascus to the north and helped cause the Ottoman retreat. It also allowed the British to control the key railway in the region that went through Damascus. There were additional cities that the Arab Revolt attacked and/or captured as well.

In modern day Palestine specifically, there wasn't much fighting because the area was so decimated that there was hardly anyone still there. The key cities were in ruins and farming all but impossible. The area was looted by the Ottoman's for resources.

We done here?