Quote (duffman316 @ Jan 15 2015 05:26pm)
think you're significantly downplaying britain's role here
What do you mean downplaying? It was the British Mandate of Palestine. You know, spoils of war after beating the Ottomans in WWI. By the time the British took over, there was already a massive, and growing influx of Jews to the area. After WWII, they set it up for self-rule; one part for the Jews and one part for the Muslims.
By the OPs poor logic, we can just as easily state that the secular government of the UK was pro-Muslim since they set up half of the partition for Muslims (which they refused to accept).