Was The Balfour Declaration And How Did It Affect The Creation Of Israel?
In 1917 the world was in the middle of a bloody war between the Central Powers and the Allied Powers. Never in history had humans seen a war that caused as much destruction as World War 1. In the midst of this war a declaration was made by British Foreign Secretary Balfour to Lord Rothschild. This declaration led to the creation of the modern state of Israel and caused the constant fighting in Palestine as we know today. The Balfour Declaration was a letter that declared the support of the British government to give a homeland to all Jewish people in Palestine. Jewish people across Europe had been prosecuted throughout the nineteenth and twentieth century and wanted a state of their own. Palestine had been controlled by the Ottoman Empire
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It is only natural to believe that this would occur considering the situation. When a new country takes over another country and decides it is now a “homeland” for another group of people of course the current occupants would object this. However disagreements turned into violence not only between the religious groups, but between the Jewish and Arab people and the British. After fighting started to escalate between the Jews and Arabs, the British government attempted to slow the immigration of Jewosh people to Palestine. The result was thousands of illegal and dangerous attempts to enter the country by European jews. Both the Palestinians and the Jews blamed the british for their problems within their communities and amongst each other. This encouraged organized violence against the British. Although the Arabs and Jews had found a common enemy, it did nothing to untie them. If anything violence became easier between the two. Other nations began to notice the problems in Palestine between the Muslims, Jews, and the British government. After the United States continued to pressure Britain into fixing the Palestinaian problem to no avail, a meeting was called by the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry in 1946. The group gave little sympathy to the Palestinians and decided that there should be no limits on …show more content…
By 1947 terroisim had takes control over the area with leaders of both groups condoning terrosit activity. The same year Britain announced that their mandate of Palestine would end after nearly twenty six years of occupation. When Britain removed their military forces from Palestine in 1948, the state of Israel was created the same day. Within hours of the creation of the new state all the surrounding Arab countries, except Lebanon, sent military forces to the West Bank. Jordan sent troops to try and occupy Jersualum as it was considered holy to them as well as Jews and Christians. The Israelis responded with armed forces of their own. This started the first of the Arab Israeli Wars. The groups involved (Israel, Palestine, Egypt, and Jordan) grusdgingly agreesd who would control which areas. This just added more confusion and hostility between the Arabs and the Jews. Perhaps the governments of these countries knew what was going on, but imagine the confusion of the regular people who lived in these areas. They are controlled by Britain for twenty six years and suddenly they aren`t, a new state is created, and now certain countries are controlling and divinding regions all in a short period of time. Also why does religious interest allow Egypt and Jordan to participate in the activities of another nation? Perhaps the largest problem with Palestine
It is only natural to believe that this would occur considering the situation. When a new country takes over another country and decides it is now a “homeland” for another group of people of course the current occupants would object this. However disagreements turned into violence not only between the religious groups, but between the Jewish and Arab people and the British. After fighting started to escalate between the Jews and Arabs, the British government attempted to slow the immigration of Jewosh people to Palestine. The result was thousands of illegal and dangerous attempts to enter the country by European jews. Both the Palestinians and the Jews blamed the british for their problems within their communities and amongst each other. This encouraged organized violence against the British. Although the Arabs and Jews had found a common enemy, it did nothing to untie them. If anything violence became easier between the two. Other nations began to notice the problems in Palestine between the Muslims, Jews, and the British government. After the United States continued to pressure Britain into fixing the Palestinaian problem to no avail, a meeting was called by the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry in 1946. The group gave little sympathy to the Palestinians and decided that there should be no limits on …show more content…
By 1947 terroisim had takes control over the area with leaders of both groups condoning terrosit activity. The same year Britain announced that their mandate of Palestine would end after nearly twenty six years of occupation. When Britain removed their military forces from Palestine in 1948, the state of Israel was created the same day. Within hours of the creation of the new state all the surrounding Arab countries, except Lebanon, sent military forces to the West Bank. Jordan sent troops to try and occupy Jersualum as it was considered holy to them as well as Jews and Christians. The Israelis responded with armed forces of their own. This started the first of the Arab Israeli Wars. The groups involved (Israel, Palestine, Egypt, and Jordan) grusdgingly agreesd who would control which areas. This just added more confusion and hostility between the Arabs and the Jews. Perhaps the governments of these countries knew what was going on, but imagine the confusion of the regular people who lived in these areas. They are controlled by Britain for twenty six years and suddenly they aren`t, a new state is created, and now certain countries are controlling and divinding regions all in a short period of time. Also why does religious interest allow Egypt and Jordan to participate in the activities of another nation? Perhaps the largest problem with Palestine