this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2023
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Context (for those who don't know): Israel and Palestine

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[โ€“] JoYo@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It was still a better plan than the ottoman empire had before Britain took it from them.

[โ€“] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

Yeah, genocide turned out to be much better alternative right?

Either way, the Ottoman empire was on its way out, and the Arabs sought to establish a United state. So whatever the ottomans were doing is irrelevant.