I was refuting the notion that British desires had little to do with the fact the Jews eventually created their own state. British presence or no British presence, Jerusalem was already Jewish decades before the fall of the Ottomans.

You're insisting on responding to some phantom comment no one made in order make it seem other people's opinion is not supported by overwhelming facts.

>I was refuting the notion that British desires had little to do with the fact the Jews eventually created their own state.

No one said this. What was claimed was that Jews were elbowing into the area against the wishes of the British without any references. I asked for evidence that it was against the wishes of the British because it was news to me and presented references pointing to the contrary. Neither you or the commenter have presented any evidence yet that it was "against the wishes of the British".

I will quote you again:

>I was refuting the notion that British desires had little to do with the fact the Jews eventually created their own state.

How would you wish me to read this sentence? So you are refuting the notion that British desires had little to do with the fact the Jews eventually created their own state, so by refuting it you're saying that the British had a lot to do with the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine?

  > How would you wish me to read this sentence?

I think that Gboard sometimes adds or changes words. Or I just messed up. That should have read:

I was refuting the notion that British desires had to do with the fact the Jews eventually created their own state.

Rephrased: The Jews were intent on creating a state, whether the British supported the notion or not.

In any case, in 1923 the British split Mandatory Palestine into two entities. Everything east of the Jordan river they gave to the Hashemite kingdom, who they helped the house of Saud overthrow after the al-Hashimi family ruled Mecca for ten centuries. The areas west of the Jordan river, 1/3 the original size of the territory, retained the name Palestine in English. The Jews were also calling the area Palestine, but the Arabs rejected the name as being the name of foreign invaders. Which makes sense, the root of the word Palestine literally means "invader" in Semitic languages. וכן, אני מדבר עברית.‫ وانا بحكي عربي كمان.‫

  > I asked for evidence that it was against the wishes of the British because it was news to me and presented references pointing to the contrary.

After the Arab uprising of 1936, the British outlawed Jewish immigration to the holy land.