Does the Term “Annexation” Even Apply? | Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

Does the Term “Annexation” Even Apply? | Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

It so happens that this year is the 100th anniversary of the San Remo Conference, where the victorious allied powers from World War I divided the Ottoman Empire and proposed Mandates for the former territories of Ottoman Asia. The territory that was to become British Mandatory Palestine was designated as a future Jewish National Home already then. British diplomacy in 1920 set the stage for not only the emergence of Israel in 1948, but also the entire system of Arab states.