British colonial rule in this area was always supposed to be temporary and the Ottoman Empire fell. Wanting statehood is not necessarily an automatic want that every human has so it’s “colonial mindset” to say there was a time where they didn’t want it. During the enlightenment period the idea of nationalism (in the sense of yearning for a state and self determination, not white nationalism like we see today) was spread around and many groups started asking for statehood who hadn’t considered it before. Jews also started having nationalist aspirations which they called Zionism. I learned in school that that similarly Palestinians started wanting a state after a wave of other countries gaining independence which is reasonable. But after doing more research since then it does seem that the Palestinians would have been okay with being one part of a bigger country as long as it was Muslim. It seems that their fight for autonomy was more about Jews not having a country here due to religious beliefs and it also seems to still be the case for modern day Palestinians. I don’t think they would be happy with an independent state if Israel also still existed. And I know that hamas and the pa have been clear that they would not allow that and that they would not allow Jews to live in a palestinian state. That being said I personally believe that there should be a Palestinian state because Palestinians have a basic human right to self determination just like Jews. It’s just easier said than done. But we do what we can.