Palestine

Balfour Declaration announced British support of Zionism, provided that no injustice was done to the native Arab population. The Declaration became solidified in international law when the League of Nations wrote it into the British Mandate for Palestine. While Zionist saw this as a long-awaited charter and renewed hope after the brutal years of WWI, Arabs viewed it as “simple colonialism.” Although they disagreed on the methods, time after the Mandate allowed for Labor Zionists, General…

of its hate towards Israelis and has committed terrorist acts over the years. I contend that if the Palestinian National Authority is truly committed to ending the conflict, it must first denounce the actions and beliefs of Hamas. Both Israel and Palestine would benefit from such a move. For one, Israel wouldn’t need to worry so much about its security during negotiations, but it will also be confident that Palestine’s intentions are well and truly peaceful. Denouncing the Hamas would not only…

When George W. Bush became president his policy towards Israel brought forth the idea of Palestine becoming a state on its own. President George W. Bush believed that this policy would bring the end to the fighting and ongoing and never ending tension between Israel and Palestine. He did however understand that if we as a country could not find a solution to bring peace to those that Israel has tension with. That Israel would once again take matters into their own hands and do everything in…

changes were fueling in by the British. In Palestine, the Balfour Declaration in 1917 and the British Mandate of 1920, had raised the tension between Arabs and Jews. One of the most significant changes was the establishment of the Jewish State of Israel. “On 29 November 1947, thousands of people jumped out of their beds and rushed out onto the streets when the reports were broadcasted on the radio.” It was the day the UN proposed the partition of Palestine, between Arabs and Jews. On 14 May…

with the Mandate for Palestine after defeating the Ottoman Empire. Britain broadly carved Palestine and Jordan into separate entities and with the Balfour Declaration declared Palestine as a Jewish homeland. Even though the majority of the land was divided in sanjaks—Arab tenant farmers under Turk sultans, with the growing anti-Semitism in Europe, Palestine saw an influx of Jews. The Jewish minority that had made up less than 10 percent of the whole population of what was Palestine received the…

it. According to John Green’s crash course video on Palestine and Israel, in 1917 the Britishers created the Balfour Declaration, promising that they would give the Jews a homeland. They needed support from the Jews as their empire was collapsing, and the Jews needed a homeland as they had recently been persecuted from Europe subsequent to the holocaust. Palestine then became a homeland for the Jews, as they had been given a large part of Palestine which they considered their traditional…

the Ottoman Empire, but Jacobson pays more attention to Jerusalem while Campos look at Palestine as a whole, which give us two distinct viewpoints. Michelle Campos and Abigail Jacobson wrote about the last decades of the Ottoman Empire when it was changing to British rule in Palestine. They both explore the different experience of people who live in the 19th century and the begin of the 20th century and Palestine. Each historian analyzes this subject…

When people hear about the Arab-Israeli conflict, they start thinking about how did it start? During the late 19th century, Jews came back from Europe to Palestine where they previously existed. The Jewish people indicated that they were met with violent opposition from the Arabs especially the Palestinians. The same story is claimed to be still happening till today. The claimed story that was just told is not true. What actually happened is that there was a Zionist movement from Europe after…

passed to Russian Jews living in England. Two such Zionists, Chaim Weizmann and Nahum Sokolow, were instrumental in obtaining the Balfour Declaration from Great Britain, which promised British support for the creation of a Jewish national home in Palestine. The declaration was included in Britain’s League of Nations mandate over…

Joshua Riesenberg HIST-1493-010 Ms. Courtney Kennedy 4 December, 2015 A Song Heard Around the World “The allied nations with the fullest concurrence of our government and people are agreed that in Palestine shall be laid the foundations of a Jewish Commonwealth.” - Woodrow Wilson (1917) This is a story of freedom and home. One might expect any historical account of the Jewish people to be one of oppression and struggle, and for the most part that is true. However, one movement would not go…