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Message: <blockquote data-quote="arnoldr" data-source="post: 1418304" data-attributes="member: 226320">Before WW1, Palestine was in the control of the Ottoman Empire.  After WW1, the British Mandate took control.  After WW2, it was renamed Israel and given to the Jews.  Only then were Hamas and Fatah formed.  Why?And so many people are talking about stolen land, when the Palestinians were never actually in control of the land..it was called Palestine, it just wasn't in the control of the Arab-Muslims who are known as Palestiniansthats my point maryam: there was no bloodshed, but as soon as the jews took over, the Palestinians revolted and shed Israeli blood</blockquote>