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THREAD: did Israel “occupy Palestine”?
As with most issues related to this thorny topic this is, at best, a half truth. Please read this entirely to the end.
Below you are three maps...
As with most issues related to this thorny topic this is, at best, a half truth. Please read this entirely to the end.
Below you are three maps...
Map 1 depicts Ottoman Turkish rule over the area today known as Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip in the South.
Map 2 depicts the ‘British Mandate of Palestine’, instituted after Ottoman Turkey was defeated, and collapsed after WWI.
Map 2 depicts the ‘British Mandate of Palestine’, instituted after Ottoman Turkey was defeated, and collapsed after WWI.
Map 3 depicts only the issue of when the Arabs (today known as Palestinians) gained political control over this land.
By posting these maps I hope to address this abiding but inaccurate idea that Israel has “occupied Palestine” since 1948...
... full post CONTINUED on my Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/135775283156412/posts/2775095095891071/
... full post CONTINUED on my Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/135775283156412/posts/2775095095891071/
https://twitter.com/maajidnawaz/status/1222270284624990208?s=21 https://twitter.com/MaajidNawaz/status/1222270284624990208
When Israel was partitioned & created by British, there were expulsions both ways (Arabs & Jews). This table posted by Gal Shamlikashvili depicts numbers of Jewish expulsions, because we Muslims & Arabs (and media) are less aware of this element as we are of Arab expulsions
