WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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Pakistan
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Israel
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Soviet Union
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North Korea
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Detailed explanation-1: -1948–49: Israel’s War of Independence and the Palestinian Nakbah. In November 1947 the United Nations (UN) voted to partition the British mandate of Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state (see United Nations Resolution 181). Clashes broke out almost immediately between Jews and Arabs in Palestine.
Detailed explanation-2: -National movements. The roots of the modern Arab–Israeli conflict lie in the rise of Zionism and the reactionary Arab nationalism that arose in response to Zionism towards the end of the 19th century.
Detailed explanation-3: -Background. The unresolved conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is one of the key fields of conflict in the Middle East. At the root of the conflict are rival claims to the area between Jordan and the Mediterranean.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Israeli–Palestinian conflict has its roots in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with the birth of major nationalist movements among the Jews and among the Arabs, both geared towards attaining sovereignty for their people in the Middle East.