The conflict appears intractable because it is a contest over the same land by two peoples who always believed they had valid title to it and who hoped that the other side would in time give up or go away. One side won the war, the other lost, but the contest is as alive as ever.
Edward Said (1999)
This agreement divided Ottoman Middle East territories between Britain and France, creating spheres of influence in modern-day Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine.
In 1947, King Abdullah I proposed annexing Arab Palestine to Transjordan, offering Jewish autonomy within an enlarged kingdom, rejected by Zionists seeking an independent state.
