The Peace on The Horizon - 75 Years after The World War 2 in the Middle East (24)

 

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(Arabic Version)

 

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Chapter 1. Wave of nationalism and socialism (1945-1956) (8)

 

024. Israel independence(1): Construction of Jewish motherland (3/3)

 The British government was in trouble. Palestine have been under the control of Ottoman Empire. In Palestine many Arabs have been lived for 2,000 years and more. It was absolutely not “People defunct land”. It was obvious that conflict would arise with indigenous Arabs if forced to settle.

 

At that time a fantastic tailwind blown for the Jews. It was the outbreak of the World War I. Britain suffered from shortage of money for the war. UK asked rich Jewish, Lord Rothschild financial assistance. Lord Rothschild accepted UK’s requirement and in return he asked UK to build Jewish homeland in Palestine after World War I. That was the Balfour Declaration.

 

The UK had a victory in the war by the financial support of the Jews. And the UK colonized Palestine through the Sykes-Pico Agreement. Obstacles to construct Jewish homeland have been lifted.

 

 

(To be continued ----)

 

 

 

Areha Kazuya

(From an ordinary citizen in the cloud)