DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE EAST
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Jews
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Christians
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Arab Muslims
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Beforehand, the area had been part of the Ottoman Empire. In May 1948, the State of Israel was established by the Jewish Yishuv, its creation having been declared on the last day of the Mandate.
Detailed explanation-2: -The British, who held a colonial mandate for Palestine until May 1948, opposed both the creation of a Jewish state and an Arab state in Palestine as well as unlimited immigration of Jewish refugees to the region.
Detailed explanation-3: -On November 29, 1947, the United Nations General Assembly 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.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 629 Palestine was invaded by Arabs from the Hejaz. By 635 AD, Palestine, Jordan and Southern Syria, with the exception of Jerusalem and Caesarea, were in Muslim hands.
Detailed explanation-5: -BACKGROUND: Palestinian territory – encompassing the Gaza Strip and West Bank, including East Jerusalem – has been illegally occupied by Israel since 1967.