In 1923 the British "chopped off" 75% of the proposed Jewish Palestinian homeland to form an Arab Palestinian Nation of "Trans-Jordan," meaning "across the Jordan River." The Palestinian Arabs now had THEIR homeland... the remaining 25% of the original Palestinian territory (west of the Jordan River) was to be the Jewish Palestinian homeland. However, sharing was not part of the Arab psychological makeup then or now and they were determined to get ALL of that remaining 25%. Encouraged and incited by growing Arab nationalism throughout the Middle East, the Arabs of that small remaining Palestinian territory launched never-ending murderous attacks upon the Jewish Palestinians in an effort to drive them out. Most terrifying were the Hebron slaughters of 1929 and later the 1936-39 "Arab Revolt." The British, at first tried to maintain order but soon (due to the large oil deposits being discovered throughout the Arab Middle East) turned a blind eye. It became obvious to the Palestinian Jews that they must fight the Arabs AND drive out the British.
watso can certainly accept the point of view, of the palestinian arabs, who lost their land - but it also made sense to give the jews, who lived in the area, their own bit of land.
ohh - we never hear of the west papuans, who lose their land, to indonesians, who are colonizing the papuan land. damn it all, but perhaps the island of papua (or papua new guinea, or what ever they call it), should be one country.
take away religion, and the jews and palestinains are probably the same people.. ok - for those, who have lived in the same area for the last 4000 years
