Balfour Declaration of 1917

The conflict between Jews and Palestinian Arabs is a struggle over land that began around the turn of the 20th century. Unfortunately, ever since the conflict began, little to no progress has been made in solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. There is a tremendous amount of history encompassing the dispute because it changes dramatically depending on which side is describing their point of view and when they believe the conflict started. The United States, Great Britain, the United Nations

After defeat of the Ottoman Empire, the League of Nations Charter implied that Britain would aid in the development of Palestine. The mandatory power that began in 1920 was to result in independence for the indigenous peoples of the region and to consider the mandated territory a temporary trust and to see to the best interest and advancement of its population. However, the British policy towards Zionists and Arabs resulted in political violence and both groups are still discontent with the British

Jewish conflict for the possession of Palestine as an independent state, caused by the failure of the British to achieve their goals and policies in completing a bi-nationalistic state. The Peel Royal Commission, sent in 1937, admitted that the Balfour Declaration contained such obligations, that were impossible to

The Declaration of Independence ‘notified the world that the Land of Israel was the historic birthplace of the Jewish people, that the Zionist movement was the testimony to the role Palestine had fulfilled in Jewish history and religion, that the Balfour Declaration, the United Nations Partition Resolution, the sacrifice of the Zionist pioneers, and the torment suffered by Jews in recent years—all had laid the moral and legal foundations for the new state.’ The declaration emphasized the

required that Germany accept responsibility and promise to pay reparations to compensate the victors for their losses, but no amount or period of time was set for this clause. Russian Revolution: The Russian Revolution was made up of two revolutions in 1917 leading to the rise of the Soviet Union. The first of the two, the February Revolution, was short and confined to the capital but resulted in a provisional government after the Tsarist autocracy was overthrown. The second revolution, the October Revolution

Samuel Philips Huntington, an American political scientist brought an idea stated that the conflict in this world will not merely about ideology or economy, yet, it is about cultural and religious identity as the clash of civilization. Civilization itself meaning the highest cultural grouping of people and it is defined by common objective elements such as language, history and religion. The strong bond among one culture and religion create a strong kin at the same time. Even though coming from different

The reorganization of the world and the crumbling of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the First World War enabled the British Empire to help the Zionists create the Jewish State in Palestine. To arrive at this juncture the British occupied Egypt to protect their interests in India. However, British expansion went far beyond Egypt, they conquered lands throughout the Middle East, capturing Mesopotamia, Palestine and Syria. British’s successes came with the assistance of Arab nationalists who had a

The first factor to consider is the actions of the Zionists themselves. The success in securing Jewish territory using Plan Dalet was the result of Zionist own actions. Plan Dalet, drafted in 1947 and finalised in March 1948, was the Haganah’s plan to secure all the areas allocated to the Jews by the UN Partition Plan and to defend outlying settlements. The Haganah created a ‘Committee for Arab Properties in Villages’, which served to register and claim all the Palestinian properties in the villages

looked out for the interests of Zionists and calling for creation of a Jewish state was critical to Zionism gaining more momentum. By 1914, thousands of Jews had already migrated to Palestine and made up about 14 percent of the population (p. 25). In 1917, the British Government increased their support for Zionism in order to persuade the Russians and Americans to support Great Britain during World War I (p. 62). Additionally, lobbying of Zionists, such as Chaim Weizmann, made a profound impact on

The recent affair in Israel seems to be escalating everyday as the Israelis and Palestinians are clashing over the costs of past events and the conflict has been one of the most unstable and constant wars in modern world history. The Israeli military have continued to occupy Palestinian Territories and on a daily basis, inhabitants of those lands have been killed, injured or kidnapped. Despite recent major Israeli violence, Palestinians have created pacific marches and demonstrations in the West