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The agreements between the Arabs and the West were not made between the Arabs and T. E. Lawrence. The agreements are documented in the McMahon-Hussein correspondences. Sir Henry McMahon was the Secretary of State in His Majesty King George V's goverment. Sharif Hussein bin Ali was the Emir of Mecca and the proclaimed King of Arabia. It was an agreement between two nations.

Contents 1 Cleanup Needed 2 A question about Palestine 3 Context for stupid people 4 Thats a bit harsh

[edit] Cleanup Needed

Lots of capitalization errors, and the text of the document needs to be Wikified. I'll try when I get a minute. Iamvered 16:44, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A question about Palestine

"The area which subsequently came to be called Palestine was for international administration pending consultations with Russia and other powers." - Why? Because all allies wanted it or because noone wanted it? Where can I find info on it?

Britain, France, Germany, & Russia all wanted control of Palestine for its strategic geopolitical situation, its oil, and its agricultural history. The Young Turks wanted it under the control of an independent Turkey, and a number of ambitious individuals like Djemal Pasha wanted it for their personal enrichment. Palestine has been in a political tug-of-war for thousands of years. --Michael K. Smith 00:11, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Ritchie Ovendale gives a good analysis in Chapter 2 of "The Origins of the Arab Israeli Wars" (ISBN 0-582-82320-X). Will see if it could add anything to add to the article, but might take a while as it'll be my first contribution! Dicconb 21:39, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Context for stupid people

Hi,

As someone who knows absolutely nothing about world history, this article was a little hard to get in to. I really think that a paragraph that set the context of why Britain and France were divvying up the middle east would be really helpful. Which country(ies) had that area belonged to before? (There's a list of countries in the third paragraph -- is this the list of modern names, or names at the time?) Were they divvying up part of the Ottoman Empire, or what? Sorry for the complete uneducatedness here. -- Creidieki 15:10, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thats a bit harsh

People that dont know about the sykes-picot agreement arent stupid, they just dont know about the history of the middle east. Also, i dont imagine this is the knd of article people just stumble upon, its something you have to want information on.

Anyway, i would be suprised if 30% of the population of the uk could actualy point to palestine on an unlabelled map. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.206.194.178 (talk) 09:50, 1 June 2008 (UTC)