DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE EAST
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The UN had divided the land after WWI and had control over the territory of Palestine.
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France had promised the land to the Jews, but Great Britain had promised it to the Arabs.
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Great Britain had promised the same land to both Jews and Arabs and needed the UN to fix the issue.
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The Jews didn’t want a homeland, but the UN insisted that they leave Europe.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Modern Israel has its origins in the Zionism movement, established in the late 19th century by Jews in the Russian Empire who called for the establishment of a territorial Jewish state after enduring persecution.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why did so many countries in the United Nations feel it was right to create Israel in 1948? Many felt the Jews deserved help due to their suffering in the Holocaust. What is Zionism? The belief that Jews deserved to return to a homeland in Zion where they had lived in Biblical times.
Detailed explanation-3: -Eban’s explanations and Israel’s undertakings were noted in the text of General Assembly Resolution 273 (III) Admission of Israel to membership in the United Nations, May 11, 1949., The British Mandate for Palestine expired on May 15, 1948, and the UK recognized Israeli independence eight months later.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1917, in order to win Jewish support for Britain’s First World War effort, the British Balfour Declaration promised the establishment of a Jewish national home in Ottoman-controlled Palestine.