WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The land at the time was called Palestine. In 1917’s Balfour Declaration, the United Kingdom-which controlled Palestine after World War I-declared its support for the establishment of a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine. Arabs resisted it which led to violence.

Detailed explanation-2: -Palestine’s Early Roots From about 1517 to 1917, the Ottoman Empire ruled much of the region. When World War I ended in 1918, the British took control of Palestine.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Arab-Israeli War of 1948 broke out when five Arab nations invaded territory in the former Palestinian mandate immediately following the announcement of the independence of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948.

Detailed explanation-4: -British troops captured Jerusalem from the Ottoman Empire in 1917, and in 1922 the League of Nations awarded Britain an international mandate to administer Palestine during the post-war deal-making that redrew the map of the Middle East.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1920, Britain assumed responsibility for Palestine under a League of Nations Mandate. During the next two decades, over 100, 000 Jews entered the country. The British Army’s operations in Palestine during this period were mainly directed against militant Arab groups who were opposed to this mass Jewish immigration.