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To: Perseverando

If Hasan was born in what is currently referred to as “the west bank” area of Israel, it would have been called Palestine in 1955. Why, that region was under the control of Jordan and was not a part of Israel. The “west bank” did not become Israeli territory until the 1967 war, when Egypt, Syria and Jordan attacked Israel — the “Yom Kippur War” is how it is remembered. The Israeli Army took Jerusalem and all of the west bank Jordanian territory after a couple of days battle with the Jordanian Army. King Hussein later spoke with regret about how he let himself be convinced by the Egyptains that the 3 countries could defeat and occupy all of Israel.


18 posted on 11/06/2009 5:00:37 AM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GreyFriar
UH no. In 1955 the West bank was part of Jordan.


40 posted on 11/06/2009 5:15:44 AM PST by Kozak (USA 7/4/1776 to 1/20/2009 Reqiescat in Pace)
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To: GreyFriar

You are correct, except it was the Six Day War, not the Yom Kippur War. From 1949 to 1967 Jordan occupied the West Bank, and for 18 years nobody clamored for an independent Palestine there.


50 posted on 11/06/2009 5:26:21 AM PST by gusty
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To: GreyFriar
The “west bank” did not become Israeli territory until the 1967 war, when Egypt, Syria and Jordan attacked Israel — the “Yom Kippur War” is how it is remembered.

Not to be pedantic but.... 1967 was the Six-Day War, when the Jordanians foolishly joined the Egyptians and Syrians in attacking Israel, mostly whipped up by Nasser. It was in that conflict that the Israelis fully recaptured Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights.

The Yom Kippur War took place in 1973.

In 1946 the British-administered Palestinian Mandate still existed, so it is not inaccurate to say Hasan's parents were from Palestine.

64 posted on 11/06/2009 5:44:15 AM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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