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Misha

"We have been in #Palestine for twelve years [i.e., since the #Balfour Declaration] without having even once made a serious attempt at seeking through negotiations the consent of the #indigenous people,” he wrote... We have set ourselves goals which by their very nature had to lead to conflict with the #Arabs. We ought to have recognized that these goals would be the cause, the just cause, of a national uprising against us."

Interesting piece about Hans Kohn by @raph

onesmalldetail.blog/lessons-fr

One Small Detail · Lessons from a disillusioned ZionistThe year 1929 is a crucial one in the history of Zionism and Palestine. For nearly half a century already, the Zionist movement had been establishing settlements in Palestine, under Ottoman and then British rule. Those decades saw some clashes between Zionist Jews and Palestinian Arabs, but the violence remained
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DrALJONES

Analysis: "Israel is perfecting crimes committed by Britain"

Prior to the Balfour Declaration of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, the indigenous Muslim, Christian & Jewish populations in Palestine had co-existed peacefully.

Balfour did not ask for indigenous views on the matter because, he said, "they would unquestionably give an anti-Jewish verdict".

However, that verdict would have been against colonisation, not against Jews as people.

electronicintifada.net/blogs/d

#Balfour #Palestine #UKPol .

balfour declaration
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DrALJONES

"The Erasure of Palestine: Colonialism & a Century of Struggle"

During ww1, Britain & France decided they should govern the Arab regions after the war.

"The Mandate of Palestine was a hard-won spoil of war for the British Empire at a time when access to the Suez Canal & control of trade routes in the area were in the highest order of strategic value."

They didn't want to hear from the locals....

counterpunch.org/2024/10/31/34

#ww1 #Palestine #Balfour #US #UK #Israel #Imperialism #MiddleEast ...2

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DrALJONES

Analysis: "Israel is perfecting crimes committed by Britain"

Prior to the Balfour Declaration of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, the indigenous Muslim, Christian & Jewish populations in Palestine had co-existed peacefully.

Balfour did not ask for indigenous views on the matter because, he said, "they would unquestionably give an anti-Jewish verdict".

However, that verdict would have been against colonisation, not against Jews as people.

electronicintifada.net/blogs/d

#Balfour #Palestine #UKPol .

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