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No Jewish Refugee camps--No map of Palestine

So Steve Argue can't put his money where his mouth is. All he gives us is tired quotes from 1940 that are supposed to mean something. We all know what happened from 1940 on, Steve.

The reason you won't post a map of Palestine is that if you were honest, you would post the 1921 British Mandate for Palestine map which included Jordan and parts of Iraq. The 1917 Balfour resolution in Great Britian promised the Jewish people they could make a national homeland in Palestine. But in 1921, the British, in order to appease Arab leaders, closed all areas of Palestine to Jewish settlement that later became Jordan and Iraq. This left only 25% of Palestine for a Jewish National homeland.

Then again in 1947, the United Nations divided up the remaining land again, to give Half to the Arabs for an Arab state of Palestine.

This means that the partition plan in 1947 only offered the Jewish people about 14% of Palestine for a national homeland.

Steve Argue would have us believe that this was an unfair allocation which impacted the native Palestinian Arab population. He ignores the Jewish population that had been there in some numbers since before the Roman times.

No wonder he can't post a map of Palestine. It would show that all his previous claims are without merit.

Speaking of Jordan, since its already 60% Palestinian Arabs, why not make it a democracy, and then you'd have your Palestinian state overnight!!
 


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