HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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There was no one else living on the land at that time
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Many felt that the Jews deserved help due to their suffering in the Holocaust
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Arab countries in the area supported the creation of a homeland for the Jews in Palestine
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All national groups in the former Ottoman Empire were being given homelands at the same time
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Detailed explanation-1: -On November 29, 1947 the United Nations adopted Resolution 181 (also known as the Partition Resolution) that would divide Great Britain’s former Palestinian mandate into Jewish and Arab states in May 1948 when the British mandate was scheduled to end.
Detailed explanation-2: -The UN Partition Plan for Palestine was a proposal by the United Nations that recommended a partition of Mandatory Palestine into independent Arab and Jewish States. It was rejected by the Palestinians, leading to a civil war and the end of the British Mandate.
Detailed explanation-3: -The United Nations resolution sparked conflict between Jewish and Arab groups within Palestine. Fighting began with attacks by irregular bands of Palestinian Arabs attached to local units of the Arab Liberation Army composed of volunteers from Palestine and neighboring Arab countries.
Detailed explanation-4: -The State of Israel was formally established by the Israeli Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948, and was admitted to the United Nations (UN) as a full member state on 11 May 1949.