WORLD HISTORY

DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE EAST

ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who retaliated when the idea of setting aside land for the Jews was presented.
A
The Kurdish people retaliated because they didn’t want their land taken away.
B
The Sunni and Shiite Muslims.
C
The Palestinians and other surrounding Arab couunties
D
Turkey and the United Nations
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -At the end of World War II, in 1945, the United States took up the Zionist cause. Britain, unable to find a practical solution, referred the problem to the United Nations, which on November 29, 1947, voted to partition Palestine.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -1948–49 war: Israel and the Arab states On 15–16 May, the four armies of Jordan, Syria, Egypt and Iraq invaded/intervened in what had been the area of the British Mandate followed not long after by units from Lebanon.

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