Does sources A to F suggest that Israels desire to establish a homeland in Palestine led to conflict in the Middle East?

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Has the intervention of the USA and Great Britain caused the conflict in Palestine between the Arabs and Israelis to continue in to the 21st century?

Since USA and Great Britain got interested about the conflict in Palestine, it has become more harsh and cruel for both sides. Palestine by making different agreements, declarations and mandates like British Mandate for Palestine or Belfour declaration but none of these had lasted for a long time. Although most of them have caused Jews, Arabs or sometimes both sides to be angry at USA or UK and eventually ended up with terrorist attacks. Both USA and Great Britain had started their intervention in the early 20th century; they tried to keep control over the Palestine as they knew it can be helpful in the certain situations.

        In 1948 just after the voting of the Resolution 181 an Arab- Israeli war has began, Army forces of Syria, Egypt, Iraq and Jordan had entered the newly self-declared state. The war resulted in Israel win causing Israel to annex territory beyond the partition borders and leaving Jerusalem as a divided city; the Best Bank, East Jerusalem. Meanwhile the old city of Jerusalem was taken over by Jordan and the Gaza strip taken by Egypt. A variety of laws facilitated the transfer of land abandoned by Arabs to state ownership. Law allowed the state to take control over the land belonging to anyone who migrated over to other countries.

        By the late 1950’s GB was reassessing its role in the region. The economic potential that was in the Middle East, as well as its strategic importance against the Cold War, caused Britain to strengthen its position there. Countries which were important to do this were Egypt and Iraq. Britain’s military forces were spread throughout the region, including a military base in Suez which held 80,000 troops making it one of the largest military bases in the world. The Suez base was an important strategic point for British in the Middle East, but it became the source of the growing tension between England and Egypt. Added to the anti-British feeling was that Egypt believed Britain played big role in the creation of the Israel.

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        In 1951 Egypt tore up the Anglo-Egyptian treaty which meant British troops had to leave the Suez military base, but Britain refused to. The result of this was increasingly violent hostility towards Britain and the British troops in Egypt. Since the establishment of the Israel, cargo shipment to and from Israel were intercepted, removed and destroyed by the Egyptians whilst they tried to pass through the Suez Canal. The UN didn’t like this and told Egypt to terminate the restrictions on the passage of international commercial ships and goods through the Suez Canal. Egyptians took over the canal and implanted ...

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