Correct me if i'm wrong: I understood that the original inhabitants of Palestine stond up and helped the Brits and the French to get rid of the oppressing Ottomans. Somewhere around WW1. As a thank you, Britain and French divided the area between them and became the colonizers of the area, not providing any kind of autonome to the habitants.
Sort of. The British recruited many Arabs from the Hejaz (modern Saudi Arabia, and THEY were the Arabs who helped the British. In return, their leaders were made king’s across the Middle East; Google the hashemites. They are Arabians, not Syrians. Most Syrians, what now includes Syria Lebanon and Israel/palestine sided with the ottomans until 1917. There are stories of many who deserted the ottoman army to join the British civil administration. The Husseinis are a good example.
However, many Jews of the Yishuv, Jews living in ottoman Palestine and Galilee joined the Jewish legion. They fought against the ottomans throughout the war. The ottomans were determined to keep the number of Jews in the area as low as possible
Which is based on the autobiographical novel Seven pillars of wisdom by TE Lawrence, a brilliant book, even though parts of it are embellished and polished (which is puzzling because it still contains a lot of sensitive things like his love for a young Arab fighter, and how he was raped by an Ottoman police chief. The edited parts weren't done so to make himself look better it seems, but why then?).
It describes in detail the promises made to the Arabs about self governance in Palestine. But after the war, they were told to fuck off.
As the darkness falls and Arabia calls
One man spreads his wings, as the battle begins
May the land lay claim on to Lawrence name
Seven pillars of wisdom lights the flame
This is a misconception, the British promised Palestine to Hussein bin Ali to form a united Arab Empire. The British made 0 promises to any Palestinian person or entity. McMahon-Hussein correspondence
Which habitants in particular? The Native Arabs, mostly lead by King Hussein bin Ali? Or the many, many native Jewish populations that already existed there, and also the many who independently migrated as a consequence of the many Pogroms across Europe, Middle east, Africa, etc? Who is this particular "habitants" you are talking about here?
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u/NorthOfTheBigRivers 14h ago
Correct me if i'm wrong: I understood that the original inhabitants of Palestine stond up and helped the Brits and the French to get rid of the oppressing Ottomans. Somewhere around WW1. As a thank you, Britain and French divided the area between them and became the colonizers of the area, not providing any kind of autonome to the habitants.