DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE EAST
NATIONALISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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There was no one else living in the land
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Many felt that Jews deserved help because they suffered so much in the Holocaust
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Arab countries in the area supported the idea of a Jewish homeland in Palestine
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All national groups in the former Ottoman Empire were given homelands at that time
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Final status issues include the status of Jerusalem, Israeli settlements, borders, security and water rights as well as Palestinian freedom of movement, and the Palestinian right of return.
Detailed explanation-3: -The United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and most European Union countries including Germany voted against the anti-Israel resolution.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.