During World War I, Great Britain promised that the Arab provinces of the Middle East would be
How did Arab leaders respond to Jewish immigration into Palestine in the 1930s?
After the UN partition, ________ remained under international control.
Read the excerpt from the Balfour Declaration (1917).His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.–Balfour Declaration, 1917
Read the excerpt from Israel’s Declaration of Independence.The State of Israel will be open for Jewish immigration and for the Ingathering of the Exiles.–Declaration of Israel's Independence, 1948
The Balfour Declaration was supported by
To protect its interests in the Middle East, in 1939, Great Britain declared that it would
What is the connection between events in Europe in the 1930s and the Jewish population in Palestine?
Read the excerpt from Theodor Herzl, written in 1896.The idea which I have developed in this pamphlet is a very old one: it is the restoration of the Jewish State. . . .We have honestly endeavored everywhere to merge ourselves in the social life of surrounding communities and to preserve the faith of our fathers. We are not permitted to do so. . . .No one can deny the gravity of the situation of the Jews. Wherever they live in perceptible numbers, they are more or less persecuted. Their equality before the law, granted by statute, has become practically a dead letter. They are debarred from filling even moderately high positions, either in the army, or in any public or private capacity. And attempts are made to thrust them out of business also: "Don't buy from Jews!"–The Jewish State,Theodor Herzl, 1896
After World War II, many Jews who had survived the Holocaust
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