answer:Thomas Edward Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) was quite antisemitic; however, he was one of a group of Brits who were to decide on a National home for Jewish people. In 1917 Great Britain issued the Balfour Declaration for “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people“and how much British held land in the Middle East was to go to the Jewish people. At first they assigned a much larger amount but Arabs were opposed to Jews having any property with oil. Oil became extremely important and less land was reserved for the Jews than originally planned. “It was only after the Jews re-inhabited their historic homeland of Judea and Samaria, that the myth of an Arab Palestinian nation was created and marketed worldwide. Jews come from Judea, not Palestinians. There is no language known as Palestinian, or any Palestinian culture distinct from that of all the Arabs in the area. There has never been a land known as Palestine governed by Palestinians. “Palestinians” are Arabs indistinguishable from Arabs throughout the Middle East. The great majority of Arabs in greater Palestine and Israel share the same culture, language and religion.” To get on topic here I can only paraphrase but T.E. Lawrence who is known for romanticizing Arab culture based on history said: Any part of a desert where Jews settle becomes an olive orchard and the land becomes an oasis. Any part of a desert where Arabs dwell becomes a garbage dump. And this was from a guy who loved them. I paraphrase only because I don’t have the original text book on hand any more. I am a historian by education. But that was very much what he believed. If Israeli’s were ever forced to leave Israel, which I doubt will happen, and all the many universities and research, technical and agricultural projects disappeared, it would look like it did before the Jewish people settled it. Pretty much a slum in the desert. The now called Palestinians were nomadic tribes – there was no Palestine – that was a rude name given to the area by the conquering Romans. The nomadic tribes had representation in Jordan and were considered Jordanians. After Israel was recognized, they were kept out of Jordan and it’s neighboring countries. “The rebirth of Israel was accompanied by economic prosperity for the region. Arabs migrated to this area to find employment and enjoy the higher standard of living. In documents not more than hundred years, the area is described as a scarcely populated region. Jews by far were the majority in Jerusalem over the small Arab minority. Until the Oslo agreement the major source of income for Arab residents was employment in the Israeli sector. To this day, many Arabs try to migrate into Israel with various deceptions to become a citizen of Israel.”