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[–] 22405331? 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

the territory of Palestine was under Ottoman Rule for 400 years preceding WWII and the subsequent creation of Israel. Palestinians were not altogether happy under the Turks. Jewish roots on the land precede the birth of Mohamed by more than 2500 years, but the territory has been governed by every major empire - Egyptian, Hellenic, Roman, Persian, Ottoman, even British. the point is Palestinians as an ethnic group have never been self-governing. perhaps I should say have yet to be self-governing.