
Israel and the Palestinians/ Shocking but True
1 Palestinians have never had sovereignty over the land that is now Israel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Israel#Early_Israelites 2 The Palestinians have been offered statehood and refused it 3 times. In 1948, after World War 2, the British were forced to give up their rule over the piece of land now called Israel. It was agreed that half the land would be given to the Arabs living in the region and half to the Jews who were already living there. The Arabs refused