Modern World Study: Arab- Israeli Dispute.

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Alex Drake

                             Modern World Study: Arab- Israeli Dispute.

1) What are the origins of the Arab- Israeli Dispute?

 

The Arab- Israeli dispute has been ongoing for thousands of years.

  In the Old Testament of the Bible the story of Moses is found, this is about a young man who leads the Jewish people out of Egypt and into Israel.

  This happened Before Christ when the Jews were slaves to the Egyptians.

  When Moses was born into his Jewish family, the Pharaoh ordered all of the baby Jewish boys to be killed. However, Moses survived and was eventually raised by the Pharaoh’s daughter. During his lifetime he was called by God to free the Jewish people from their captivity, after a number of years he succeeded, and now knowing of his original heritage he lead the Jews over the Red Sea and into the ‘Land flowing with milk and honey’ also known as the ‘Promised Land’. 

  “THIS IS OUR HOMELAND. GOD PROMISED IT TO US IN ANCIENT TIMES.”

 From then on the Israelis (who are the Jewish people) believed that Israel is their Promised Land.

 The Jews settled in their homeland however, the Roam Empire then conquered Palestine. Then in AD70 and AD135 the Jews fought back. This caused the Romans to forbid the Jews to live in Palestine. So the Jews were forced to leave their ‘Promised Land’.

 This wasn’t easy for the Jews as anti-Semitism was rapidly rising, this is the hatred of the Jews. People didn’t want them in their country.

 By the end of the nineteenth century anti-Semitism had spread all over Europe. There were also pogroms (attacks on Jews) in Russia.

  This is when the movement of Zionism first took place. This is the idea of a National home for the Jewish people.

 The Arabs, in the Middle Ages, had control over the Middle East, North Africa and South Western Europe. This included Palestine. However, by the Sixteenth Century the Turkish Empire had taken over.

 The Arabs didn’t was to be under the Turkish rule so, like the Jews, they too rebelled. They created the Arab Nationalist Manifesto and it was published. This contained all the ideas of the Arabs that wanted back their independence.

 “THIS IS OUR HOMELAND. OUR ANCESTORS LIVED HERE IN ANCIENT TIMES”

  They both believe that it is their homeland and they should own it.  Both the Arabs and the Jews have rightful claimants to Palestine.

2) a- Why did Britain leave Palestine in 1947?

 

The League of Nations allowed Britain to rule over Palestine. In 1917 the Balfour Declaration was issued, this declaration was in favour of the Jewish people having a homeland. However, the British needed to support the Arabs as well because they were one of the main suppliers of oil to the world. If another war broke out then Britain would need the Arabs as their oil suppliers. This put Britain in a difficult position as their actions couldn’t offend either the Arabs or the Jews.

 At this time, just after World War Two, there were a lot of refugees wanting to enter and settle in Palestine because of the Holocaust.

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 During the War Hitler turned the Germans against all the Jews. Hitler’s attitude towards the Jews caused the whole Nation to suffer. Hitler Killed over 5million Jews also attacking them and persecuting them. This was the Holocaust.

  Although Britain had to provide them with a homeland they also had to refuse some Jews, as the Arabs weren’t happy about all of the immigrants.

 The Arabs then rebelled, as they didn’t wasn’t to be ruled by the British. Also the Stern Gang committed acts of terrorism to assassinate the British High Commissioner in Palestine.

 The rise in the number of ...

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