Thread: Does Israel have the right to build more ettlements on the West Bank?

Originally Posted by Fledermaus

And when was Palestine Palestinian?

The clue is in the name

Originally Posted by CJ 2.0

Except back when the territory was called Palestine before Israeli independence, "Palestinian" referred to the Jews living there, while the Arabs were just known as Arabs (or Syrian or Egyptian or Bedouin).

Originally Posted by wiki

During the Mandatory Palestine period, the term "Palestinian" was used to refer to all people residing there, regardless of religion or ethnicity, and those granted citizenship by the British Mandatory authorities were granted "Palestinian citizenship"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians

So the only clue we really have is that one people subsequently changed their name to try to create a historical connection to the historical name of the administrative area once that name had been abandoned by the other group.

Nope, what were Palestinian Jews became Israeli Jews after the creation of the state of Israel....................... obviously the none Jews just remained Palestinians.

Originally Posted by oneworld2

The clue is in the name

When?

Originally Posted by Fledermaus

When?

During the Mandatory Palestine period, the term "Palestinian" was used to refer to all people residing there, regardless of religion or ethnicity, and those granted citizenship by the British Mandatory authorities were granted "Palestinian citizenship"

See above

Originally Posted by oneworld2

See above

So "Palestinian" is a Colonial creation.

Got it.

Originally Posted by Sherman123

What does any of this even matter? Even if the idea of Palestinian nationhood was invented yesterday would it have any practical import whatsoever?

Ironic isn't it that the only people to allow Palestinian self rule in Gaza were the Israelis.

Originally Posted by oneworld2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians




Nope, what were Palestinian Jews became Israeli Jews after the creation of the state of Israel....................... obviously the none Jews just remained Palestinians.

There's a difference between the term describing the residence in the territory back then and the term describing the people called Palestinians nowadays.
The territory that was named Palestine wasn't "Palestinian" in the sense that it was under the control or was belonging to the people nowadays called Palestinians.
It's very important to understand such basic terms.