That is not a counter argument! Jews and Arabs who lived in the geographical area were both called Palestinians. For the previous four hundred years under the Ottoman Turkish Empire, both Jews and Arabs were second class citizens, and Jews had to pay an extra tax to own property for their own protection.
After WWI, Palestine became a British Protectorate, Palestinian Jews were slowly turning it into a nation—
Before the State of Israel, the Jerusalem Post was called the Palestinian Post.
The Palestine Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1936 under the leadership of Bronislaw Huberman. Huberman, a violinist, who at first envisioned an international center for the arts, but instead focused on developing a critically acclaimed symphony orchestra in Palestine.
The Palestine Electric Company was founded in 1923 by Pinhas Rutenberg (a Jewish engineer), who was granted two concessions by the Mandatory government.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Established 24 July 1918 .The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Chaim Weizmann in July 1918, the public university officially opened in April 1925 It is the second-oldest Israeli university, having been founded 30 years before the establishment of the State of Israel but six years after the older Technion university.
Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd., commonly known as ZIM (Hebrew: a biblical word meaning “a fleet of ships”, Numbers 24:24), is a publicly held Israeli international cargo shipping company, and one of the top 20 global carriers. The company’s headquarters are in Haifa, Israel; Founded in 1945, ZIM has traded on the New York Stock Exchange since 2021. From 1948 to 2004, it traded as ZIM Israel Navigation Company.
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