On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Tim Bray <[email protected]> wrote: >> Also, memories in the Arab world seem to have conveniently forgotten >> the other occupation - the occupation of Palestinian lands by the >> their Arab brethren - the likes of Jordan, Syria and Egypt. > All the other rights and wrongs aside, this is historically illiterate. > None of these countries had enjoyed independence for any sustained period > for quite a large number of centuries, having been passed from the Roman to > the Byzantine to the Ottoman empires before they fell into British and > French colonial hands after 1918. -T
I am referring to what happened to Palestinian lands following the 1949 Armistice Agreement. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine#Current_status : "Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the 1949 Armistice Agreements between Israel and neighboring Arab states eliminated Palestine as a distinct territory. With the establishment of Israel, the remaining lands were divided amongst Egypt, Syria and Jordan. The Arab governments at this point refused to set up a State of Palestine. In addition to the UN-partitioned area it was allotted, Israel captured 26% of the Mandate territory west of the Jordan river. Jordan captured and annexed about 21% of the Mandate territory, known today as the West Bank. Jerusalem was divided, with Jordan taking the eastern parts, including the Old City, and Israel taking the western parts. The Gaza Strip was captured by Egypt." How is my point about Jordan, Syria and Egypt occupying Palestinian lands illiterate? Thaths -- "You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel." -- Homer J. Simpson
