Here is the preamble of the Palestine Mandate showing that originally Palestinians meant Jews.
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Whereas the Principal Allied Powers have also agreed that the Mandatory should be responsible for putting into effect the declaration originally made on November 2nd, 1917, by the Government of His Britannic Majesty, and adopted by the said Powers, in favor of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, it being clearly understood that nothing should be done which might prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.
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So, next time you see someone protesting that Palestinians should have their own homeland, tell them you agree, and that Israel has a right to exist in peace.
