Peter Shambrook: The British betrayal of Palestine | The InnerView

[@alkhemiegypt]

Shambrook has done a great service to historical truth. His dedication to finding the truth is admirable.

[@gabrielleangelica1977]

The British will NEVER admit it!

[@samsuddinzolkapli3565]

Shame on them!

[@ronelstorm5776]

Historic evidence don't lie. They basically did that with every continent on earth. Dividing and stealing minerals, diamonds and gold and everything else inbetween. Ask me I know what they did and still do to my country South Africa. I will never forgive them for the Anglo boer war and what they did to us with there scorched earth policy and al the camps our women and children and our loyal workers were murdered in. Stole our Diamond mines to this day. What is happening now to them, is justice served by God.

[@stephenchappell7512]

'The British' meaning the establishment not the people

[@samsuddinzolkapli3565]

@@stephenchappell7512 absolutely right

[@gabrielleangelica1977]

@@stephenchappell7512 Yes. Although some individuals have a difficult time with self reflection, but will 👉 point the finger at other countries.

[@magansingodia8511]

Peter Shambrook, a man worth listening to, especially by the people in power in the UK

[@samsuddinzolkapli3565]

❤❤❤

[@sabinehahn9774]

Sadly people in power never want to listen to criticism, but only to praise.

[@JohnFelinn]

The German historian, Tarik Cyril Amar:- ''In a normal world, the Western world would be sending armies to fight Israel, to defeat Israel.''

[@funkyyaya]

Utter bull!! fill the void

[@WINGTV9]

True, and in a normal world, the Western world not allow so many unassimilable Muslims in.

[@liamoconlocha3264]

Why?​@@funkyyaya

[@j.krii.]

He is not german historian 😂

[@MansMan42069]

​@@j.krii. Have you checked?

[@feryag]

Thank you for an excellent interview.

[@saad4447]

two words: Greater Israel. 1) They say they want Arabs in Palestine to go to “another Arabic country” but plan on taking over all the Arabic countries in the end anyway to create greater Israel. 2) Imagine saying that Americans should give up America to the Russian and just move to England or the other “English speaking” countries because native Americans originally came over from Siberia (which is Russian territory). These are the Israeli talking points and in a nutshell

[@bellaadamowicz8380]

@@saad4447 well Americans are colonisers without any historical or religious connection to America , North or South , you already recognise that native Americans have right to their land . That is why mining companies pay them royalties

[@rettedich7133]

Islam can't exist without lies. Islam wants Caliphate and Sharia in the whole world, not the Jews.

[@otteottema6839]

You are delusional

[@skidelrymar]

yes, the jews want to take over the world and you believe one of the oldest antisemitic tropes in history. a minority of Israelis wants an Israeli government in Judea and Samaria and Gaza but most Israelis don't want to touch those places. i'm an Israeli and i don't have any objections to Palestinians living there and on the other hand it would be impossible to kick 5.5 million people from their homes and nobody should do it. but they have to accept Israel as their neighbors, not try to kill us all the time. but what YOU want is to kick 10 million Israelis from their homes and give those homes to the Palestinians and you think that ethnic cleansing the jews from the region is fair, don't you? and i would like you to tell me the truth

[@Joe3pops]

Notice not once this region is referred to as Judea. Always, from 1915 until 1939, called Palestine in parliament. And rightly so.

[@Sundancer09]

It was never referred to as 'Judea' by governments, and even maps referred to it as Palestine. That's because the Bible is mythology.

[@Joe3pops]

Agreed Sundancer. However a zionist would disagree with me and yourself. Government to government knew this long history of the very recent, and errored label Philadelphia Strip (Isreali claim!) Be well.

[@அவானிஉயர்ந்தது]

@@Sundancer09 Actually In 1820, Mordecai Manuel Noah had tried to found a Jewish homeland at Grand Island, New York in the Niagara. Later, 1844, he wrote “Discourse on the Restoration of the Jews” which included a map of the Land of Israel. I don’t know if founder of Zionism Theodore Herzl read his book or it was just coincidence but he was very insistent to buy the land of Palestine from Ottoman Empire when he met the Sultan in 1901 in Istanbul. Also keep in your mind that there were already Jews living in there as Ottoman subjects with Christians and Muslims in peace. I think it was more than just giving Jews a homeland. Anglophones were more interested to dismantle the Ottoman Empire and take over the oil and mineral rich lands and the Holly city Jerusalem.

[@bellaadamowicz8380]

@@Sundancer09 it is over, deal with it

[@LindaWeisstag]

​@@bellaadamowicz8380 no it is over for you, search for another land, this time you can use the Vinaya to claim a land😂😁😁

[@ronelstorm5776]

I take my hat of to you sir. Research is no joke

[@gloriouse4458]

ALWAYS HAS BEEN PALESTINE 🇵🇸 IS PALESTINE 🇵🇸 WILL FOREVER BE PALESTINE 🇵🇸 FOR THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE 😊🇵🇸❣️🖤🤍💚

[@bellaadamowicz8380]

It is over for you , and you know it

[@honeyho9890]

You reap what you sow by electing hamas as your govt. Btw Jordan is Palestine

[@LindaWeisstag]

​@@bellaadamowicz8380 and who are you to decide. The whole world is against you, and thankfully you prepare your downfall yourself

[@LindaWeisstag]

​​@@honeyho9890 isrl started as a terrorist organisation, so you are the last one to complain

[@LindaWeisstag]

​@@bellaadamowicz8380It's over for you

[@michaelbowes9894]

I suppose you have noticed that no other Arabs will lift a finger for Palestinians?

[@martinoneill5804]

They see what the US can do when their beloved Israel is endangered.

[@tartanroom]

Lebanese and Yemenis seem to be trying.

[@bottplug2272]

It will be either Malaysia or Indonesia or both that will come to Palestine’s eventual rescue

[@OrangeNash]

They don't want fanatical religious terrorists in their own countries. They have enough problems with their own Islamic extremists.

[@a44489]

Protests are one example of people who could join the war to protect there country

[@SajidKhan-jg8bk]

Shameful British Imperialism!😡😡😡

[@stephenchappell7512]

but as this man ⬆️ illustrates the establishment don't speak for ordinary people

[@mairajk4873]

Justice To Palestine.

[@norahdean5252]

I keep hearing the Genociders and other liars referring to Palestine's non-existence in history. The truth is that Palestine ( meaning where the Philistines lived ) has existed for at least 3200 years.

[@Meevious]

This is mostly true, so thumbs up, but I'd say you've got the naming the wrong way around. The name "PLST" is usually written in English as "Palestine", but by convention, specifically in the Bible, as "Philistia" - both come from Assyrian forms of the same word, with the same meaning, "Pilisti" and "Palasti" (they also called it "Pilistu", "Palastu" etc.). is a Canaanite word, coming from the root "PLS", referring to travel from place to place. It was their word for the coastline, which was the place where most transport of goods and people took place. The "Philistines" or "Palestinians" were simply the residents of that coastline, not any specific nation. The Hebrews referred to all of the locals by that word (pronounced "Plesheth" in their language), in their scripture, but differentiated themselves as invaders, who were not of that land. There's a 19th century myth that the "Philistines" were Greek colonists. In reality, the vast majority were Canaanites, but because (as one might guess from its name) it was an important trade hub, there were immigrants from far and wide, including Greeks and Egyptians.

[@tartanroom]

'Palestine - A Four thousand Year History' by Nur Masalha, (pub. I.B. Taurus 2024; 448pp.) well reviewed.

[@skidelrymar]

Philistines means invaders (Plishtim) in Hebrew. that was the name that the Hebrews gave to those people who invaded Canaan 3000 years ago. besides, the Philistines came from Greece and other places (i'm not sure) and the modern Palestinians are not descendant of them, they came from Egypt, Syria and Jordan among other Arab nations. you can google it, Google hasn't change history yet like all your professors

[@Meevious]

​@@skidelrymar No, all false. The Palestinians were already there when the Hebrews arrived. Ancient Palestinians were principally Canaanites. This isn't really up for debate, as the cities attributed to them have been excavated and the DNA tested. Modern Palestinians are principally descended from a mixture of ancient Canaanite Palestinians and the invading Hebrews. Arabic is their language, but Arabian is not their ethnicity. David Ben Gurion wrote an essay on this topic. I'd remind you that you're communicating in English, but it's not any indication that you're ethnically English. The Hebrew word פלש is descended from the same proto-Semitic root (invasion is a type of transit), but is not the same word as פלשת, the origin of which I've already explained. Btw, the Zionists have employed a propaganda army to falsify and muddy online resources for decades. They are proud of this and make no secret of it.

[@skidelrymar]

@@Meevious i see... somebody is changing and rewriting history and THIS ISN'T REALLY UP FOR DEBATE. all you said is false, but that isn't what saddens me. what really saddens me is that you and your friends will resort to mental gymnastic only to say that Jews don't belong to this land, don't belong anywhere, don't deserve to be alive. is that what you think really? are you so racist and antisemitic?

[@cngreen2950]

Tesekkurler 🇹🇷❤️🇵🇸❤️🌹🌷

[@அவானிஉயர்ந்தது]

Listen carefully 9:09

[@jesallen552]

The title should be "The freemason betrayal of Palestine."

[@AshrafAhmed-n4b]

This is the problem. There's no real accountability. They would earn more respect if they did.

[@அவானிஉயர்ந்தது]

So after all Sharif Hussein bin Ali Emir of Mecca and King of the Arabs ended up with a tiny kingdom called Jordan. Well that’s an unforgettable betrayal I guess.

[@BGIS2000]

Absolutely you hit the another view, but British is the head actor here.

[@அவானிஉயர்ந்தது]

@@BGIS2000 they played both sides and once they established their order,redesigning and appointing their own colonial governors, they left. Typical anglophone tactic

[@johngeren1053]

Hussein ended in exile on Cyprus with his eldest son after the British abandoned them because they kept demanding that the UK and France honor the commitments they made to the Arab Revolt. Britain helped the Saudi Wahhabis take over Hussein's Hejaz Kingdom with great brutality and bloodshed. His son Abdullah was given Transjordan. His son Faisal was the nominal leader of the Arab Revolt. He was elected King of Syria by the Syrian Congress in 1920. The French destroyed that kingdom immediately. His consolation prize was to be made King of Iraq years after. Arab leaders during the last hundred years of Western imperialism have had the choice to become either puppets, exiles or martyrs.

[@அவானிஉயர்ந்தது]

@@johngeren1053 seems like they didn’t get any lesson

[@suegriffiths5365]

Power and greed

[@PP-G]

The "Establishment".. mineral pirates since inception

[@bleep957]

And the Ottoman Empire was not a colonial power ? . What is happening now is Arab countries are using Palestinians.

[@thetraveller1612]

If it was a colonial power the middle east would be speaking Turkish by now.

[@Sundancer09]

In the 21st century, it’s international law that applies. Israel must leave all occupied Palestinian territories and pay reparations within 12 months.

[@guineapigzed]

Laughed so hard I peed myself.

[@redpoppy4816]

*USA veto automatically blocks the potential for International law to be enacted.*

[@redpoppy4816]

@@guineapigzed Your attitude makes you a part of the problem

[@Sundancer09]

@@guineapigzed sociopaths tend to do that when convicted of a crime.

[@Sundancer09]

@@redpoppy4816 It's the only solution. Zionism has always been the problem.

[@WINGTV9]

Britain also betrayed the Rhodesians. I love English literature, and to a lesser degree English music, and so much about England. I do not like people like Churchill, Bomber Harris, and Noel Coward (the man who thought terror bombing in WWII was just peachy).

[@yasminlatif1835]

Rhodesia was a colonial state. With colonial privilege for white people.

[@berylackermann8240]

YES ....BRITAIN BETRAYED THE RHODESIANS as IAN SMITH SAID and as P. W. Botha said ISRAEL BETRAYED SOUTH AFRICA. Thet do not keep their promises and have done great damage to countries across the WORLD. NO honor, no integrity and not to be trusted. America no different as they are the extended ARM of BRITAIN.

[@WINGTV9]

@@yasminlatif1835 Paradoxically, that's true and yet it isn't true. The Black Rhodesians and White Rhodesians in general got along *very well*, believe it or not. There was a basic separation of the two people and yet it was all voluntary; Blacks wanted to be with Blacks and Whites with Whites *some times*. Imagine this: Black Rhodesian soldiers in large numbers would march separately, but together in the same parade, and the Blacks were armed. They'd drive around in jeeps in downtown White populated Salisbury with loaded weapons in their hands! I think the military at one point had more Blacks than Whites, and the Blacks weren't drafted, as I recall, but were all volunteers. It's a fascinating story, really amazing. You should see some of the videos on Rhodesia, just to get an idea of the complexity and irony of the whole thing. There are many sides to the story. That said, I love Rhodesia. It was a beautiful country that has been ruined. Many, many Blacks loved it too. There are a number of Black Africans from other African countries who have said, and said it recently, that they would have been proud to fight for Rhodesia.

[@stephenchappell7512]

​​@@yasminlatif1835 as were the original American colonies and the Dominions of Canada Australia and New Zealand and yet they're allowed to continue as sovereign states!!

[@WINGTV9]

@@yasminlatif1835 Well, I support Palestinian freedom, but Palestine before the Zionist invasion was pretty much a polity with privilege for Muslims. And by the way, what are Muslims doing in Europe stabbing anyone who is a white child or white woman? And digging up at least one Christian graveyard in England? And overall acting almost as bad and arguably worse than the Israelis in Palestine. I just don't think you know the world. But this conversation is probably useless, given cognitive dissonance.

[@barryford1482]

The UK doesn't have any right to restrict the Jews from their own country . No one does

[@lameezdavids7130]

They are not Jews they zionist.They hijacked the Judaism with the biggest lie "A land without a people for a people without a land " DNA testing is not allowed in Isreal wonder why ?

[@bottplug2272]

The UK has no right to permit the invasion of Palestine by Jewish colonialists!

[@a44489]

Who created Jerusalem

[@barryford1482]

@@a44489 King David 3000 years ago

[@gerardboorsma3418]

British , don't feel guilty. Wrong arabs are responsible for there own actions!!

[@LindaWeisstag]

I suspect that TRTis in the hand of enemies, half of my comments are deleted, guys I'm on your side

[@ayeaye1363]

And I am on your side.

[@christophergame7977]

You may say that Britain was a rat, but that doesn't bear directly on Israel's present response. How could or should Britain have dealt with the age old smouldering resentment and bitterness that still lives in the Levant? Are you assuming that the British ought to have solved the problems created by the Ottoman Empire's choice to join with Germany?

[@tartanroom]

Men who did not know one another sent to kill each other, by those who knew each other very well. An imperial war desired by the rulers of Germany, Britain, Russia and France. Capitalism, motivated by lust for raw materials, petroleum, markets and cheap labour. A contest between two blocks of imperial powers, Britain, France, Czarist Russia, (Triple entente) and the German Reich and Ottomans. The empire of the 'sick man of europe' too much to resist. The first war for Oil, then so crucial to naval propulsion. Britain could n't wait and had planned from 1911 to occupy Basra in event of war on the Ottomans. Near completion of the Baghdad to Berlin railway in 1914. In the after-sacks Sykes-Picot carve up Britannia secured the prize oil rich (now Iraq) and desired Palestine, a long coveted treasure point which would support jewel in the crown, India. 'The Great Class War 1914-18' (Lorimer, Toronto, 2016; 632pp.) by Jacques R. Pauwels

[@mariela7521]

Shame of You Free Palestine 💪

[@LindaWeisstag]

Shame yourself for telling lies

[@otteottema6839]

Palestine never existed and never will exist

[@arlmondgcalcutt6562]

It wasn't colonialism - it was the Ottoman Empire was on the losing side in WW1 - Then losers LOST any power they had

[@bottplug2272]

The Palestinians were on the winning side.

[@saabajoe]

"The holocaust was such a black swan event in history..." These people... But please, do tell us: how so?

[@ellanina801]

As if this was done on purpose…? Perhaps…? It’s like they created the ultimate war machine. Especially looking at the USA engagement at certain points. I will say everyone seems to forget that Muslims were also victimized by the WWII regime. Jewish people were just the most victimized. Opinions and passthru info only.

[@ZroMTH2HRS3EYES9]

🇬🇧Born obsolete🇬🇧 "Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of man, that state is obsolete."

[@TheZenGarden_]

SOP around the whole world since 1492.

[@howardleekilby7390]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ralphbernhard1757]

12:00 "British leaders never imagined that a promise would have to be honored." Also known as "lying."

[@theshadow5800]

Perfidious Britannia.

[@RobinMarico-s7p]

Gislason Highway

[@almazchati4178]

I hope TRT World will have the courage to expose the betrayal of Palestine and Ottomans by MK, the hero of modern Turkiye.

[@LindaWeisstag]

No they can't, because it is in the constituition that MK can't be critisized. Akparti tried it, but they didn't have the right amount of voters. There are many turks, me included, who are not comfortable with MK

[@almazchati4178]

@@LindaWeisstag Turkiye is still under occupation? You can tell the truth and at the same time praise someone if that is what the constitition requires, and certainly create an indefensible constitional nightmare. You can tell the story by implication as well.

[@LindaWeisstag]

No Türkiye is not under occupation, we Turks live there. What's your point.

[@LindaWeisstag]

​@@almazchati4178for me personally it is not important enough, or the case is not worth to begin with

[@almazchati4178]

@@LindaWeisstag it is if you can not talk freely.

[@martinoneill5804]

The United Kingdom of amnesia.

[@ISREALHASGOD]

Isreal has gid on its side...

[@muhammadkhani7917]

Dont foget what u k did to kurds divided to four parts

[@jlb473]

Holocauste ??????

Arafat betrayed palestinians they were offered a state in 1948 they refused every time they have themself to blame

[@ralphbernhard1757]

Arafat was 20 years old in 1948. He wasn't offered anything since he wasn't in politics yet.

[@carolynzakaria7763]

This is Zionist propaganda. The Zionist plan was always for a Jews only country. Zionists have always wrecked any chance of peace.

[@FI32690]

Arafat wasn't there in 1948 you idiot. All of Palestine belonged to the Palestinians. Jews were illegal in Palestine. Jews ran away from Europe like cowards. Jews collaborated with Nazis and killed their own people. Jews exploit the Holocaust to make money

[@phukyphuky10dollar]

The ottomans ? Ooops

[@StevenWolf275]

Yeah. Betraytal

[@runkeral901]

Well, then dont blame Israel, how hard that can be, if you want all the suffering to stop?

[@mamadouwjallow1423]

They ignored the Quran otherwise they wouldn’t full them!

[@TheZenGarden_]

Fyi; The top three "religions" of the world have been the bane of huemanities exsistance, which is also why The Creator does not condone any of the "religions" of men at all in the first place.

[@Sundancer09]

This is politics and history, not religious dogma.

[@TheZenGarden_]

@@Sundancer09 Everything is relative.

[@mamadouwjallow1423]

@@Sundancer09 you have know idea, if you read the Quran you would have understood what I’m talking about, wishing you a peaceful day!!

[@honeyho9890]

Donkey story from centuries ago. Now its 2024. Leave the past. No wonder Islam never progress. Always blame others but yourself. Everyone suffer but progress.

[@LindaWeisstag]

Blaming others for their comfort is the issue of the cruzifix group. Remember what they do to the people they thought ended life of je sus!!!

[@Malik-lh4jh]

Hasbara bot spotted.

[@ralphbernhard1757]

Says somebody who supports the version that "God gave us this land" which apparrently happened *3,000 years ago.*

[@LindaWeisstag]

​@@ralphbernhard1757 I'm not in the give-me-land-group, au contraire, I'm for Filistin. By the way 2000 years ago the land belonged to the romans, may be Italiens should join the discussion

[@ralphbernhard1757]

@@LindaWeisstag Thank you for being on the right side of history. My comment was meant for the OP. Sorry for the confusion. People who generally tout the "Muslims are obsessed with history to defend their claims" (like the OP) don't generally critcize Jews who think they were given the land *thousands* of years ago. In other words, their friends "obsessed with history to defend their claims".

[@guineapigzed]

LOL

[@dayanhyames6363]

Freakin bore. Its all a point of view. Benny Morris doesnt agree with you. Every debate on this subject boils down to pro/anti Israel. Give a solution. Blame is cheap.

[@Marius_vanderLubbe]

The law is clear.

[@gabrielleangelica1977]

Britain screwed up the middle East. Fact!

[@bellaadamowicz8380]

@@Marius_vanderLubbe and what does it say ? Partition of Palestine by UN was lawful, Jews agreed, Arabs did not and started fighting losing some land, Jews also lost some vets important parts of Palestine - ancient Jewish quoter in Jerusalem from which Jordanians threw them. . And then Arabs attacked Israel in 1967;, living Judea , Samaria , Golan heights and Sinai . Well,well, you lost . The territory was won fair and square in the defensive war . Sinai was given back to Egypt , as part of the peace treaty m unfortunately they did not take Gaza ., even though before 1967 they administered it and Gazans had Egyptian passports So just forget it , Israel annexed Golan heights , and annexed parts of Judea and Samaria. Won fair and square.

[@Marius_vanderLubbe]

@@bellaadamowicz8380 Get away from me with your witchcraft.

[@bellaadamowicz8380]

@@Marius_vanderLubbe truth hurts ? Of course all losers hate Jews and Israelis, because their success only accentuate their mediocrity , How is Reistag going to, want to burn it again ?

[@vancouverwatcher]

Most Christians support Israel not because of the british promised, but becuase the promise that Yahweh made to the Jews.

[@Sundancer09]

It's time that people grew out of mythological tales.

[@clairemagnifico7237]

​@@Sundancer09written by men anyway

[@gabrielleangelica1977]

The Bible is fiction.

[@ellanina801]

It’s manifest destiny, that is all. According to what you say, “most christians” support genocide? 😳. It’s funny because zionism is a political movement started by an atheist.

[@bellaadamowicz8380]

@@clairemagnifico7237 as if someone asks your opinion , you have to know your place .

[@dayanhyames6363]

Completely one-sided. Like every other debate on rhe subject. In fact, this is why the problem has not solved for a hundred years.

[@Sundancer09]

There's nothing one-sided about historical records of what politicians said.

[@berylackermann8240]

Not one sided. ...The truth hurts....

[@chalesmeyers2727]

They should have given them some of one the other muslim countries territory

[@Sundancer09]

So England should be satisfied with having to move to Spain? 🤦‍♂️

[@bellaadamowicz8380]

@@Sundancer09 you will hate move somewhere, native English already moved to countryside from London, but now English are upset that migrants are coming there as well. London doesn’t look not only like English town, it doesn’t even look European . Totally Pakistani and Middle Eastern . Cry , the beloved country .

[@Sundancer09]

@@bellaadamowicz8380 What does that have to do with Europeans forcing Arabs from their native land in Palestine? 🇵🇸

[@OrangeNash]

@@Sundancer09 Millions of English already moved to Spain. The weather is better and the country is pleasant. But the English and Spanish are not religious fanatics (any more!) , so are more tolerant and able to get along without the sectarian hatred of the medieval theocrats in the middle east.

[@AlanDyson-f2p]

Hi. Well, this man is talking a load of rubbish, Israel in the BC time, called Judai the holy land. Jews have always be their. The Palestinians people is a modern idea. Why the Arab countries take these people, their do not want them. Alan.

[@Meevious]

Read literally the first book of the scripture and you'll see Abraham staying as a guest of the Palestinians who were there before him. Btw, you probably know this, but everyone's calling ur mumma's the holey gonads, so it has to be always theirs.

[@FI32690]

Jews never had land. They came from Europe. Do a DNA test on Jews. 99% all came from Europe. Ashkanazi was created during the middle ages.

[@FI32690]

Why weren't the Jews in whyen British came. There were no Jews there in the last 2500 years. Why wasn't Israel there in the first place instead being invented. Can you answer that

[@AlanDyson-f2p]

@@FI32690 Hi. Yes it in the bible. Alan

[@FI32690]

​@@AlanDyson-f2pbible is irrelevant. Jews came from Europe. They ran away like cowards

[@j.krii.]

No such a thing as country Palestine or nation palestinian. 😅 Palestine=Levante, jewish region, arabs arrived much later.

[@markaxworthy2508]

The UN also shares responsibility. The UN Committee which decided on the partition of Palestine Mandate, against the legal principle of Uti possidetis juris, had NO Arab representation at all. At best 42% if the population of Palestine in 1947 was Jewish, nearly 20% of whom were there illegally. 90% were the result of immigration in the previous 25 years and they owned about 14% of the land area, almost all of it bought with diaspora money from non-local owners. Yet the UN gerrymandered two states that gave 58% of the land to Israel. One state (Palestine) was to be almost 100% Arab, while the other (Israel) was to be 48% Arab and 52% Jewish. 80% of the Arab population of the latter was then driven from its homes by a series of village massacres that killed about 800 Palestinian Arab civilians by the embryonic Israeli army and never allowed to return. The UN has had an obligation to return them to their homes ever since but instead has kept their situation in stasis by just providing for them as refugees.

[@Brisamars-q1c]

History cannot be changed but the future of Palestine an be determined today.

[@nickjung7394]

Ah...a PhD from Cambridge.....the same university as Diane Abbott and David Lammy!

[@Hoplonier]

The pictures of the British using Palestinians as human shields during the 1930 Mandate uprisings not a good look. Makes the way they treated Indians during the famine almost look humane.

[@nickjung7394]

What structure is under the Grand Mosque in Jerusalem?

[@Aspadeaspade2iab]

Excellent interview, much confirmed... The UK will undoubtedly have to be dragged kicking and screaming to the altar of truth... All over the globe their Colonial legacy still haunts, and undermines self determination determination of indigenous populations. They signed a Treaty with my ancestors in 1840, and to this day we're still fighting over interpretations and intentions. The more British citizens challenge their politicians, the safer the world would be...🇳🇿🇬🇧❤️🌿🕊️✨🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@calanmacleod3948]

As a British subject I have always been ashamed of the implications of the Belford agreement which were never fully implemented.

[@ianoliverbailey6545]

Peter Shambrook: what a great historian and an eloquent and informed speaker. Thanks, TRT, for sharing his knowledge with us in this interview.

[@thusspokezarathustra]

What is missing in this discussion was that there existed an internationally recognised legal doctrine; 'the right of conquest', which recognised that land dispossessed by force of arms became the property of the conquering state. The people that occupied the conquererd lands became the subjects of the conqueror which does not mean that those people had any rights to the land, ownership of land or citizenship. All the land conquerors could be legally used as the conqueroring stated pleased and the population on the land simply became ensalved to the conquering state. The state may make arrangements with existing leaders or headman in order to utilise the land or control the population but did not confer power to the indigienous population. Once the Ottoman Empire was conquered and its lands taken - that was it, nobody that had lived on the land had any legal rights at all.

[@bottplug2272]

It wasn’t an arrangement, it was a contract, a treaty made with the indigenous population which the British are in violation of. Does the right of conquest supersede treaties or contracts entered into by the conquering party?

[@draconian8994]

All the problems could have been resolved if the Arabs had allowed the Palestinians to take part in the UN Commission set up to resolve these issues at the onset, even if it meant insisting on whatever was acceptable to them as compromise. Arabs cannot now leave the Palestinians alone to face the consequences.

[@johngeren1053]

If you are referring to the first UN peace conference at Lausanne in 1949, then you are wrong. The Palestinians were full partners in the Arab delegation. If you can find President Truman's message to Ben Gurion of May 28 or 29 of 1949, then you will read his sense of betrayal by the Israelis, who refused to negotiate under the terms of the Lausanne Protocol which they had signed in order to gain admittance to the UN.

[@draconian8994]

@@johngeren1053 Thanks. By the time of Lausanne in 1949 the damage had been done. Initial UN efforts through UNSCOP in May 1947 was boycotted by the Arabs. Its report gave Israel the leeway to legitimise its UDI. It was a catastrophic error by the Arabs. How can there be such an important deliberation on your assets and you boycott it. After the war of 1948 there was certainly going to be a huge difficulty in getting Israel to shift its position on any issue. It is sad, but events of the past have a lot of bearing on the present.

[@hodiyaeyal7259]

The UK made a mistake. Let too many muslims let in. Now it too late for UK. Free free UK

[@a44489]

I think out with the old in with the new, and new is westernised