CLAIM: In 1923, Britain split Palestine into an Arab half (Transjordan), and a Jewish half (for Israel).
RATING:
Mixed
The portion of Palestine east of the Jordan River was indeed set aside for the state of Transjordan.
The portion lying west of the Jordan, however, was intended to provide a “national home for the Jews,” not be the national home for the Jews. There was no explicit promise that it would be entirely (or even primarily) for Jews. See the League of Nations’ Trans-Jordan memorandum. Britain made this clear in the 1922 Churchill White Paper: “[His Majesty’s Government] would draw attention to the fact that the terms of the Declaration referred to do not contemplate that Palestine as a whole should be converted into a Jewish National Home, but that such a Home should be founded `in Palestine.' … When it is asked what is meant by the development of the Jewish National Home in Palestine, it may be answered that it is not the imposition of a Jewish nationality upon the inhabitants of Palestine as a whole, but the further development of the existing Jewish community”.
One reply on “Israel-Palestine Mega Fact Check!”
Keep trying to invent history. The palis didn’t exist until the mid 1960s.
One other fun fact – every group, every political organization, and every government that has ever tried to destroy the Jews has been destroyed. Fun fact #2 Israel has never been stronger.