A little bit of history Before Israel, there was a British mandate, not a Palestinian state. -To the British Mandate existed the Ottoman Empire, not the Palestinian State. -Before the Ottoman Empire, there was the Mamlyuk Islamic State of Egypt, not the Palestinian State. -Before the Islamic State of Mamlyuk of Egypt, the Empire of Ayubid existed, not the Palestinian State. Goffrey IV of Bulonsky, known as Godfrey de Bouillon, conquered Jerusalem in 1099 -Before the Empire of Ayubid, there existed the French and Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, not the Palestinian State. -Before the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the empires of Omeyad and Fatimid existed, not the Palestinian State. -Before the empires