> > I am referring to what happened to Palestinian lands following the > 1949 Armistice Agreement. See > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine#Current_status : > > "Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the 1949 Armistice Agreements > between Israel and neighboring Arab states eliminated Palestine as a > distinct territory. With the establishment of Israel, the remaining > lands were divided amongst Egypt, Syria and Jordan. The Arab > governments at this point refused to set up a State of Palestine.
Because the Arab countries rejected the propose division of the land and went to war to wipe out Israel. As usual they lost, leaving "Palestine" as the West Bank/Gaza rump, which at the time nobody believed was a viable basis for a state (this may be correct). This lasted 19 years until the Arab nations tried again and lost again. If your larger point is that the Palestinians have no reason for particularly friendly feelings about any of their neighbors, I'll grant that. -Tim
