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Why did the delegates to the Syrian General Congress object to the plan to create mandates in the former Ottoman provinces? What alternatives did they offer?

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The delegates to the Syrian General Congress objected to the plan to create mandates in the former Ottoman provinces because they did not want the Zionists to take land from them. They also wanted to avoid the migration of the Zionists to Syria, and said that they considered the Zionists a grave peril to their people. As an alternative, they said that they would allow their Jewish compatriots only to enjoy common rights and assume the common Syrian responsibilities.

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