Decolonisation in Palestine after the Second World War
I can explain why the decolonisation process in Palestine led to substantial conflict.
Decolonisation in Palestine after the Second World War
I can explain why the decolonisation process in Palestine led to substantial conflict.
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Key learning points
- During WW1, Britain occupied Palestine and made conflicting promises to different groups of people which caused tension.
- After WW1, the British government administered Palestine, allowing Jewish immigration which caused tension and conflict.
- After the Holocaust, large numbers of European Jews travelled to Palestine to form a Jewish state.
- In 1947, the UN proposed the partition of Palestine to create separate Arab and Jewish states.
- In 1948, Israel declared independence leading to the 1948 war involving neighbouring Arab states.
Keywords
Zionist - someone who supports the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine; a movement for the protection of the state of Israel
Mandate - an official order giving a country or governing body the authority to manage and control a specific area of land
Revolt - an organised effort by a group of people to resist or overthrow the authority or government in power
Partition - to divide into parts
Paramilitary - an organised force that acts like a military unit but is not an official part of a country's armed forces
Common misconception
That Britain has no historic role in the creation of tension between Arabs and Jews over Palestine.
Britain's colonial role in Palestine during and after the First World War involved it making conflicting promises to both Arabs and Jews over Palestine's future.
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Britain promised to support an independent Arab state
pact between Britain and France to divide up the Ottoman Empire
supported establishment of a home for Jewish people in Palestine