Balfour Declaration Of Independence Dbq
The conflict began in the late 1800’s when a group in Europe decided to colonize this land. This group was known as Zionists, who represented an extremist minority of the Jewish population. Zionism is a movement for the re-establishment and protection of a Jewish nation. The zionists considered locations in Africa and the Americas before choosing Palestine as their place of settlement. In the beginning, the immigration of Zionists did not cause any issues. However, as large amounts of zionists immigrated into Palestine, the native population became alarmed by their motives. This conflict led to fighting, that turned into escalating waves of violence. The group of Palestinians who were concerned about the Jew’s immigration formed a group called
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The six day war took place, in which Israeli forces planned a surprise attack on Egypt. Following the war, Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip, which was 22% of Palestine. These areas are considered occupied territories and do not belong to Israel. Israel attacked a US Navy ship during the six day war, that ended up killing and injuring over 200 American servicemen. The Balfour Declaration was a letter dated 2 November 1917 from the United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland. The letter mentioned "that Palestine should be reconstituted as the National Home of the Jewish people." In the final text, the word that was replaced with in to avoid committing the entirety of Palestine to this purpose. It expressed the British government’s support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine. The Husayn-McMahon correspondence was several letters exchanged in 1915 and 1916, between Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī, emir, and Sir Henry McMahon, from Egypt. The correspondence traded the british support of an independent Arab state for the Arab support of opposing the Ottoman
The six day war took place, in which Israeli forces planned a surprise attack on Egypt. Following the war, Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip, which was 22% of Palestine. These areas are considered occupied territories and do not belong to Israel. Israel attacked a US Navy ship during the six day war, that ended up killing and injuring over 200 American servicemen. The Balfour Declaration was a letter dated 2 November 1917 from the United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland. The letter mentioned "that Palestine should be reconstituted as the National Home of the Jewish people." In the final text, the word that was replaced with in to avoid committing the entirety of Palestine to this purpose. It expressed the British government’s support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine. The Husayn-McMahon correspondence was several letters exchanged in 1915 and 1916, between Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī, emir, and Sir Henry McMahon, from Egypt. The correspondence traded the british support of an independent Arab state for the Arab support of opposing the Ottoman