WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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Question
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The Holocaust caused increased nationalism in the Jewish population, who wanted to escape countries that had persecuted them.
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For the first time, European countries began to persecute the Jewish population and deny them of rights.
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A Jewish state was created by the United Nations, giving the Jews a homeland.
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The Balfour Declaration gave British support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine after WWI Britain was given a mandate over Palestinian land.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Balfour Declaration thus meant that the Palestinians faced the prospect of being outnumbered by unlimited immigration, and of losing control of Palestine to the Zionist drive for sole sovereignty over a country that was then almost completely Arab in population and culture.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued by the British government in 1917 during the First World War announcing its support for the establishment of a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine, then an Ottoman region with a small minority Jewish population.
Detailed explanation-3: -When World War I ended in 1918, the British took control of Palestine. The League of Nations issued a British mandate for Palestine-a document that gave Britain administrative control over the region, and included provisions for establishing a Jewish national homeland in Palestine-which went into effect in 1923.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Balfour Declaration (“Balfour’s promise” in Arabic) was a public pledge by Britain in 1917 declaring its aim to establish “a national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine.