Balfour Declaration of 1917

has underwent positive changes between the Israelis and Palestinians through the formation of declarations

letters exchanged between Hussein Ibn Ali, Sharif of Mecca, and Henri McMahon, British High Commissioner to Egypt, which is known as the Hussein–McMahon Correspondence. The Balfour Declaration, however, was a statement from the British foreign minister Arthur Balfour to Lord Rothschild, the leader of the British Jewish community, in 1917, which expresses the British government’s positive attitude toward “the establishment in the land of Palestine a national home for the Jewish people.” On the other hand

Going after their independence, Israel was looking for the support of big and powerful countries, and the cooperation of the surrounding states. Unfortunately, the Israeli independence movement did not turn out to be so easy. As the surrounding Arab nations began to get angry with the preferential treatment of the British, tensions rose between Israel and the Palestinians. Consequently, because of the superior army and the support behind Israel, the wars resulted in an abundance of Palestinian refugees

needed to leave Europe and settle in a place of their own. This is when Jewish Nationalism started, known as the Zionism movement. In 1917, the Britain created the Balfour Declaration promising to form a national home for the Jews in Palestine . Shortly after the end of the war, the British established a colony in palestine, and with the help of the Balfour Declaration, the Jewish population of palestine increased by over 320,000 people between

of the declaration. This anti-Zionist was a result of fear that by British condoning Zionism it would start a threat to the Jews who had settled in Europe and America. The other fear is the thought that it would also encourage anti-Semitic violence in the countries that were fighting Britain. This anti-Zionist movement was stopped and after sometime gained the approval of France, the United States and Italy the British government continued on with its plan. Finally, the Balfour Declaration was immediately

part of the world have had to deal with. There are multiple factors involved with this topic, including a few treaties, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and the start of World War I. The different treaties were the Sykes-Picot Agreement and the Balfour Declaration, both of which involved European countries deciding the future of these countries. All of these factors had a direct impact on the Middle East and had a lasting effect on the people who live in this area of the world. The Sykes-Picot Agreement

In 1917, before the United Nations was even created, the British government published the Balfour Declaration which supported the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine (Immell 16). Inevitably, bad feelings were going to rise between the native Arabs of Palestine and this new Balfour Declaration that favored taking away some of Palestine land and setting it aside for Jewish immigrants. Over the next 20 years, the number of Jews immigrating to Palestine increased due to the Zionist movemnt, and

(Gettlemen & Schaar 2012: 149 - 150). On November 2, 1917, the Foreign Secretary Arthur James Lord Balfour created the Balfour Declaration, which established a national home for the Jewish community in Palestine. The Arab leaders were not informed of the declaration and had little say in its outcome. The Arab leaders disagreed with the declaration and disliked the idea of Palestine under to control of Britain. The Zionists supported the Balfour Declaration and the Arabs opposed it. This eventually resulted

     After the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the control of Palestine shifted from Muslim to Western powers. Britain promised Jews and Zionists the land in Palestine in the form of the Balfour Declaration. However, at the same time, there were already Palestinians living in that land. Even today, there is no correct answer as to who should have rightfully acquired the land; however, the Palestinian Arabs should have cooperated when the Jews immigrated to the

of World War 2 made the need for a Jewish State that much greater. The original plan in 1947 was to divide the land equally between both parties, but only the Jews agreed to the plan. In 1917, the Balfour Declaration promised a Jewish State in what was at the time Palestine. Contradicting a previous declaration that the British made that promised the land to the Arabs.On May 14, 1948, David Ben Gurion declared Israel an independent Jewish State. This led to a war between Israel and all of the surrounding