Palestine

Palestine is a region in the Middle East that was once ruled as a British mandate. Jerusalem is there. The people of Palestine, both Jews and Arabs, resented the British imperial rule and rebelled against it when the Race's Conquest Fleet invaded. For want of public support, British forces were unable to defend the Mandate, and under the Peace of Cairo it was ceded to the Race's Empire.

The Jews were content to live under the Race's benevlonent rule, especially when they realizedit was better than what their coreligionists were experiencing in Britain. Arabs were far more resistant to the Race, and frequently rebelled.

Moishe Russie was sent to Palestine by the British to appeal to anti-British Jewish rebels to lay down their arms by contrasting Britain's then-relatively benevolent treatment of Jews to Germany's horrific persecution, and also to describe the injustices which had led him to denounce the Race in Poland. This mission failed, and, despite his claims of preferring Britain to the Race, he remained with his family in Race-ruled Jerusalem, periodically travelling to Cairo to consult with Atvar.