The League of Nations gave Trans-Jordan aka Palestine to the British to oversee after the fall off the Ottomans. The British divided it in half, giving the land East of the Jordan to become a Islamic State (Jordan), and west of the Jordan was to be a Homeland for the jews, that still allowed Muslims to co-occupy.
After WWII, Jewish immigration increased greatly, and as the British wanted to pull out, the neighboring Islamic states sought to take over the area west of the Jordan. The Jews fought for sovereignty and they won that battle.
TL;DR Your map should include modern day Jordan, because that was also part of Palestine. The Areas eat of the river are the Muslims taking another half of the half that was given to the Jews by the British.
Even if what you wrote were true (it isn't), it would be entirely irrelevant since the British never had any right whatsoever to "give" Palestine to the Jews, or to anyone else.
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ShowMeThePunny ago
You really should have started earlier, like 1922
The League of Nations gave Trans-Jordan aka Palestine to the British to oversee after the fall off the Ottomans. The British divided it in half, giving the land East of the Jordan to become a Islamic State (Jordan), and west of the Jordan was to be a Homeland for the jews, that still allowed Muslims to co-occupy.
After WWII, Jewish immigration increased greatly, and as the British wanted to pull out, the neighboring Islamic states sought to take over the area west of the Jordan. The Jews fought for sovereignty and they won that battle.
TL;DR Your map should include modern day Jordan, because that was also part of Palestine. The Areas eat of the river are the Muslims taking another half of the half that was given to the Jews by the British.
DukeofAnarchy ago
Even if what you wrote were true (it isn't), it would be entirely irrelevant since the British never had any right whatsoever to "give" Palestine to the Jews, or to anyone else.
ShowMeThePunny ago
The won it after World War 1. After the Ottoman Empire fell, it's territory was divided among the victors. British therefor did have that right.