WORLD HISTORY

WORLD WAR II

DECOLONIZATION PHASE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
“His majesty’s government views with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national homelandfor the Jewish people . . . it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the religious and civil rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine. “-Lord Balfour, 1917Which historical movement is most directly related to Lord Balfour’s statement?
A
Pan Slavism
B
Organization for African Unity
C
Pan Africanism
D
International Zionism
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Which best explains how the change by Palestinians from violence to negotiation affected their case for independence? It made the case stronger by showing that Palestinians were willing to live peacefully alongside Israelis.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hence the most documented explanation for the declaration is that the British government hoped to persuade Jews in two wavering Allied countries, the United States and Russia, to insist that their Page 4 governments stay in the war until total victory.

Detailed explanation-4: -The declaration called for safeguarding the civil and religious rights for the Palestinian Arabs, who composed the vast majority of the local population, and also the rights and political status of the Jewish communities in other countries outside of Palestine.

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