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Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@homohortus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>homohortus</span></a></span><br>&gt;&gt;Britain NEVER offered <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arabs</span></a> — before, during, or after <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/McMahonHusseinCorrespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McMahonHusseinCorrespondence</span></a>. They did offer it to Turkey. Repeatedly. But Turkey refused to exit WWI. After Turkey lost, Palestine went into an International Condominium.</p><p>Clarification: Turkey already had Palestine since 1517.</p><p>Britain offered to let Turkey KEEP it in exchange for exiting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WWI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWI</span></a>. It was a quid pro quo to induce Turkey so that WWI could end sooner. It was NEVER offered to Arabs for their help<br>⬇️</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@homohortus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>homohortus</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hussein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hussein</span></a> wanted <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/British" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>British</span></a> as much as they wanted him, and he too was willing to POSTPONE settling the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BorderIssue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BorderIssue</span></a>. </p><p>Both parties were in a hurry as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WWI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWI</span></a> was raging and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hussein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hussein</span></a> and his sons were directly under threat from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a>. </p><p>Britain NEVER offered <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arabs</span></a> — before, during, or after <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/McMahonHusseinCorrespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McMahonHusseinCorrespondence</span></a>. </p><p>They did offer it to Turkey. </p><p>Repeatedly.</p><p>But Turkey refused to exit WWI. After Turkey lost, Palestine went into an International Condominium</p><p>⬇️</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@homohortus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>homohortus</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/McMahonHusseinCorrespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McMahonHusseinCorrespondence</span></a> refined the vague borders of the original <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kitchener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kitchener</span></a> letter and carved OUT specific areas, including <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>, from a future <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arabia</span></a>.</p><p>SUBJECT to above modifications, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/British" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>British</span></a> accepted rest of the limits, frontiers, and borders advocated by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DamascusProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DamascusProtocol</span></a>. </p><p>Nov 5, 1915: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hussein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hussein</span></a> refused to budge on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arab</span></a> claims to land west of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Damascus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Damascus</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hama</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Homs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homs</span></a> &amp; Aleppo, including <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alexandretta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alexandretta</span></a>, giving rise to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ForwardPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForwardPolicy</span></a>.</p><p>⬇️</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@homohortus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>homohortus</span></a></span></p><p>BEFORE the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArabRevolt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArabRevolt</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WWI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWI</span></a>, secret <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arab</span></a> societies hiding from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YoungTurks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YoungTurks</span></a> unilaterally drafted the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DamascusProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DamascusProtocol</span></a> and offered it to Grand Sherif <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hussein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hussein</span></a> as a blueprint to negotiate Arab independence with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a>.</p><p>Britain never agreed to the Damascus Protocol and made an offer based on vague borders per <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kitchener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kitchener</span></a>'s letter.</p><p>Hussein was in a hurry. Instead of looking at actual British offer, he got fixated on Damascus Protocol.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/McMahonHusseinCorrespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McMahonHusseinCorrespondence</span></a> ensued.</p><p>⬇️</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@homohortus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>homohortus</span></a></span> </p><p>&gt;&gt; So it was Turkey that antagonized BOTH Arabs and British.</p><p>Under threat from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CUP</span></a>, and still under the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TurkishYoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TurkishYoke</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arabs</span></a> approached <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> and offered to revolt against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turks</span></a> in exchange for British recognition of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arab</span></a> independence from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OttomanEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OttomanEmpire</span></a>. </p><p>British had rebuffed Arabs too, just as they had rebuffed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zionists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zionists</span></a>, but Turkish entry in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WWI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWI</span></a> changed everything and Britain agreed to work with Arabs.</p><p>THAT led to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArabRevolt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArabRevolt</span></a>, NOT <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/McMahonHusseinCorrespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McMahonHusseinCorrespondence</span></a></p><p>⬇️</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://vmst.io/@ajaykaul10" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ajaykaul10</span></a></span> </p><p>Nice explanation of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThievesBanquet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThievesBanquet</span></a> — WHY <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> carved out <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DamascusProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DamascusProtocol</span></a> was crafted unilaterally by secret Arab societies but Britain never promised Palestine to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hussein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hussein</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/McMahonHusseinCorrespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McMahonHusseinCorrespondence</span></a>.</p><p>Britain rebuffed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zionism</span></a> in 1914 &amp; tried repeatedly to get <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> out of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WWI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWI</span></a> in exchange for Palestine, but Turkey refused.</p><p>Palestinians never fought for freedom.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ekis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ekis</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Properganda" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Properganda</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@tartley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tartley</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dice.camp/@Lane" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Lane</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@chiclet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>chiclet</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GatekeepKen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GatekeepKen</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/@nikatjef" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nikatjef</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Grant_M" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Grant_M</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@CivilityFan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CivilityFan</span></a></span></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️</p><p>The dispute regarding the extent of the coastal EXCLUSION in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/McMahonHusseinCorrespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McMahonHusseinCorrespondence</span></a> is at the heart of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israeli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israeli</span></a>-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> conflict. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zionism</span></a> is just an adjunct to the conflict, not the primary reason.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> excluded <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Districts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Districts</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mersina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mersina</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alexandretta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alexandretta</span></a>, portions of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> west of the districts of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Damascus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Damascus</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hama</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Homs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homs</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Aleppo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aleppo</span></a>.</p><p>They reserved the right to administrative control in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vilayets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vilayets</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Baghdad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Baghdad</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Basra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Basra</span></a> because of their interests in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/British" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>British</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a>.</p><p>⬇️</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️</p><p>With <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> entering <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WWI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWI</span></a> against the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/British" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>British</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Allies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Allies</span></a>, the whole calculation had changed.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/McMahonHusseinCorrespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McMahonHusseinCorrespondence</span></a> that ensued had 2 main reasons:</p><p>1. Counteract <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ottoman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ottoman</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jihad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jihad</span></a> against Allies<br>2. Maintain support of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Muslims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Muslims</span></a> in British <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> over which the Ottoman <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Caliphate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caliphate</span></a> had great sway.</p><p>It refined the vague borders of the original <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kitchener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kitchener</span></a> letter and carved out specific areas from a future <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arabia</span></a>.</p><p>The dispute on this carve-out is the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cruxOfTheMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cruxOfTheMatter</span></a> in the conflict.</p><p>⬇️</p>
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