⬆️ @Dinger@toad.social @billiglarper @marius_gs

#Egypt freelancing in the #Israel-#Hamas #ceaseFire agreements is somewhat like the #British Foreign Office freelancing in the #KitchenerTelegram during #WWI. British FO went beyond instructions, and ended up extending British offer not merely to #Arabia, but to #Palestine as well, when the latter was not at all intended ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111488270634426907

#Britain did not owe Palestinians anything because the latter never fought the #Turks to help the British in WWI

⬆️ The #KitchenerTelegram gained something in translation that #British had not intended — involvement of #Arabs DURING the War

So a "clarification" was sent, which made matters worse

Secret societies of discontented Arabs in #Hejaz (#Arabia) immediately latched on to these signals and drafted the #DamascusProtocol, not for #Palestinians #inTheirName, but for their OWN power

In any case, #Britain did not owe Palestinians anything because the latter never fought the #Turks to help the British