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Beastly Boy

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8. Your map titled "Palestine" shows most of Lebanon, parts of Syria and Jordan's East Bank, and it doesn't show Gaza.
Wed Jun 4, 2025, 10:24 AM
Jun 4

This is what was known to some as "Palestine" at the time, and clearly this is not what you are talking about. On the West Bank, as per your map, you can clearly see designations of Samaria and Judea. This is what was known as Samaria and Judea at the time, and this is the area that is the subject of your... ummm... attention.

"Name one noteworthy conflict in 1901 in that area and provide a link."
- What a ridiculous request! By your logic, I challenge you to name one noteworthy conflict in Poland in 1938. Yet, by 1939, Poland was occupied by the armed forces of Germany and Soviet Union. Name one noteworthy conflict in Finland in 1939. One noteworthy conflict in Ethiopia in 1934. I can go on, but your proposition is absurd on its face. If you are interested in finding out how the Young Turks rebellion lead to disintegration of the Ottoman empire, or the Arab revolts from in what your map designates as Palestine 15 years later, Wikipedia is your friend.

"There were no Israelis either." Precisely my point. There was no 6 day war before there was an Israel."
- Another ridiculous red herring. By your logic, the same goes for Egypt, Jordan and Syria. There was no 6-day war before there were these countries either. And there was no Mexican-American war before there was a Mexico or a United States. Duh.

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