It doesn't matter what the resident population of Palestine accepted or didn't. As I said, many of them were themselves immigrants, or their fathers were. What matters is what the sovereign authority established as rules for permitting immigration. No one in his right mind suggests tearing up legal consequences of laws enacted when a territory is not democratically governed, it would be a nightmare.
The Arabs had not controlled the territory of Palestine for centuries, and never as "Palestinians". The British were no more a foreign occupying power than the Ottomans, and, in fact, were rather more benevolent. I have no intimate knowledge of the tenancy system, although my impression is that it was more common in the area for people to work their own land, but I may be mistaken. I cannot, therefore, intelligently comment on that point. The main thing is, however, that it was bought, not stolen........ |
