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Pâ•qidꞋ Yi•rᵊmᵊyâhꞋu |
2002.03.14, p. 6 The Jerusalem Post editorial: Kofi Anan's Double Standard, p. 6 – "… One of Annan's predecessors, Trygvie Lee, said the attempt by Arab armies to eliminate Israel in 1948 was "the first instance of armed aggression since the end of World War II." It is by this act of aggression the West Bank came to be occupied by Jordan and the Gaza Strip by Egypt. Jordan subsequently annexed the West Bank, but that act was only recognized by two nations (Pakistan and Britain).
"The last internationally recognized sovereign of Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza Strip was Great Britain, which was granted a mandate by the League of Nations to temporarily govern this particular portion of the dismantled Ottoman Empire. But the mandate Britain was given was to create a Jewish national home for the people who at the time were called Palestinians – the. Jews of Palestine…"
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