The Unknown Ayatollah Claiming Gaza Belongs To Jews

 Nadene Goldfoot                                            

• A Muslim Cleric made a statement that I read on YouTube that I haven't forgotten that I read about 2 weeks ago.  He was speaking to everyone, especially Muslims, that Gaza had no history as far as Islam was concerned.  It lay west of the Jordan River, and it was the land east of the Jordan River that they were claiming to become Islamic. Therefore, it was land belonging to Israel.
• However, the British held the land after WWI.  The Balfour Declaration was signed on November 2, 1917. It set out British support for the creation of a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine. 

  But when the Balfour Declaration was signed, the British had already promised Palestine to Arabs as an independent state and promised the French government that it would be an internationally administered zone.The date for the British decision to create Transjordan (modern-day Jordan) east of the Jordan River was March 25, 1921.  The Arabian prince was to become King Abdullah of Transjordan--later Jordan.  

  Even then, most of the land was still under Ottoman control. So why did Britain make these three conflicting promises? How did it try to resolve them? And how did Britain’s strategy in the Middle East help to cause a century of conflict?

I was so surprised at who the writer claimed to be, sent with a picture, mind you, that I had no time to grab a pencil and paper and write this down.  Since then, I figure it's best he remains unknown.  If found out, he would be killed.

Map of the Gaza Strip in May 2005, a few months prior to the Israeli disengagement, with major settlement blocs denoted by the blue-shaded regions.

What he said is true.  Israel had decided that peace would be possible if they invited Palestinian Arabs to live on the land of Gaza, after regaining it in the 1967 war.  It meant a great sacrifice to the Israelis already living there for they had to out, with all their possessions, leaving all their businesses they had developed for the Palestinians.  Not all were willing.  The army had to enforce the decision. 

 Israel moved all of its military forces and Jewish settlers out of the Gaza Strip in September 2005, ending its 38-year occupation. 

• The Disengagement Plan: The withdrawal, known as the "disengagement," was ordered by then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and approved by the Israeli Knesset.
• Evacuation of settlements: Between August and September 2005, Israel dismantled all 21 of its settlements within the Gaza Strip and four in the northern West Bank, removing roughly 8,000 settlers.
• Transfer of authority: Israel transferred control of the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority (PA).The Gaza Strip contained 21 civilian Israeli settlements and the area evacuated in the West Bank contained four.
• Continued control: Despite the withdrawal, Israel maintained control over Gaza's airspace, maritime access, and borders, and restricted the flow of people and goods.
• Aftermath: Hamas's victory in the 2006 Palestinian elections and its violent takeover of Gaza in 2007 effectively pushed the PA out of the territory. This led Israel and Egypt to impose a blockade, further isolating the area. 

It was Obama who pushed way way too soon for people that had never experienced the freedom of voting intelligently (and I wonder if our people do that as well-intelligently, that is) to vote for the first time in their lives.  They voted in the bullies; Hamas tough guys, the terrorists who know no other way of solving their problems.  At the time, Egypt was fighting against the power of the Muslim Brotherhood.  For all we know, Hamas could have been holding a gun to a voter's head when he voted.  

Resource:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_disengagement_from_the_Gaza_Strip

https://www.npr.org/series/4797062/israel-s-withdrawal-from-gaza#:~:text=On%20September%2012%2C%202005%2C%20the%20last%20Israeli,*%20**New%20talk%20about%20a%20Palestinian%20economy**