History of Palestine

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Prior to 1923, the British mandate of Palestine included modern-day Jordan, but in that year the British government separated the eastern half of the mandate to form the separate mandate of Trans-Jordan, which became the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan today. Thus, in the context of the post-1923 history of the Middle East, the term "Palestine" is used by most people to refer only to those territories which remained part of the British mandate after that date. Some Jews argue however that, despite of the British action in separating the territories, the term "Palestine" should include modern Jordan also.

Prior to 1923, the British mandate of Palestine included modern-day Jordan, but in that year the British government separated the eastern half of the mandate to form the separate mandate of Trans-Jordan, which became the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan today. Thus, in the context of the post-1923 history of the Middle East, the term "Palestine" is used by most people to refer only to those territories which remained part of the British mandate after that date. Most Jews, many Christians, and some Palestinians argue that despite the British action in separating the territories, the term "Palestine" should include modern Jordan also. From the 1960s to the 1980s internal and public PLO documents stated that the goal of the PLO was to create a Palestinian state in all of Jordan, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, all of which they termed "Palestine". This terminology changed in the last few years.