(Jerusalem Post) Max Singer - The Palestinians' assertion that Gush Katif is legally their land is simply untrue. Gaza has never been "Palestinian land." From 1948 to 1967 it was Egyptian-occupied territory. Before that, from 1922 to 1948, it was part of the League of Nations mandate to create a Jewish national home under the trusteeship of Great Britain. And for four centuries before the Mandate it was part of the Ottoman Empire. Palestinians are not dispossessed owners because they have never been owners.
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