tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post608414224151488538..comments2024-03-14T02:22:26.957+00:00Comments on Point of No Return: Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Countries: A 'Jewish lands in the Golan' cover-upUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-31611651519831511562013-08-21T06:05:01.497+01:002013-08-21T06:05:01.497+01:00I read this account several years ago. I'm afr...I read this account several years ago. I'm afraid I don't remember exactly where, but it was most likely in one of the Israeli newspapers, perhaps Haaretz or Maariv.Bennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-7647776695642991382013-08-20T12:13:43.473+01:002013-08-20T12:13:43.473+01:00I don't know anything about Ben's claim bu...I don't know anything about Ben's claim but I know that the Brit-French survey party sent out to demarcate the northern boundary of the Jewish National Home/"palestine" in December 1920 included part of the Golan Heights within "palestine." Recall that this was a Brit-French survey party meant to demarcate the border between French-held Syria and Lebanon and Brit-held "palestine."<br /><br />This boundary was later canceled and a new one drawn up which left all of the Golan Heights in the French mandate of Syria. Hence, Israel could claim the Golan on the grounds that all of it was originally assigned to the Jewish National Home. Moreover, the Golan Heights as well as the Bashan, Hawran and Trachon were parts of the Kingdom of Judea recognized by Rome [Herod's kingdom] and later of the Province of Judea.Eliyahu m'Tsiyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07973268399414290195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-56141745529019537202013-08-20T07:20:48.984+01:002013-08-20T07:20:48.984+01:00That is fascinating. Do you have a source for that...That is fascinating. Do you have a source for that information, Ben?bataweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829104245735619972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-40013804839299558152013-08-20T05:58:11.506+01:002013-08-20T05:58:11.506+01:00In the aftermath of WW1 the British offered the Zi...In the aftermath of WW1 the British offered the Zionist movement all the territory of the Golan up to Kuneitra, providing they would pay 5000 pounds for the road that would demarcate the border. The Jewish Agency did not come up with the money, and the boundary between Syria and Palestine was drawn to the South, on the Kinneret.<br /><br />It was a strategic blunder of the first magnitude, not the first and alas not the last. Bennoreply@blogger.com