Israel is a high controversial state that all have differing opinions on. There are many things that make Israel a hot topic. In order to discover why Israel is so controversial, this paper will delve into the creation of Israel, and how it affects the area around it.
Israel was created on November 29, 1947 by the United Nations in Resolution 181. Resolution 181, also known as the Partition Resolution, declared that the territory of Palestine would be divided into two separate states, one Jewish and one Arab, when the British Palestine mandate expired in May 1948. However, the city of Jerusalem was declared an independent city state, and would be protected by the United Nations ("Creation of Israel").
There are two main reasons why Israel is located where it is, the Zionists wanted a Jewish state created in the holy land, and the British controlled it. Zionism, as defined by Merriam-Webster is "an international movement originally for the establishment of a Jewish national or religious community in Palestine and later for the support of modern Israel" ("Zionism"). Zionism is the force that led to the creation of Israel where it is today. Zionism gained large international clout after the British issued the Balfour declaration, which stated that the British would like a Jewish state in Palestine (Renton). The Balfour Declaration gave the Zionists a big right to take over land in Palestine because the British had control of what was then called Mandatory Palestine. The British had controlled Palestine since the Ottoman Empire collapsed. Basically, when the Zionists decided they wanted to create a state in Palestine, they went to the British with the Balfour Declaration in hand, and there wasn't much the British could do but gi...
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On November 29th, 1947, the United Nations passed Resolution 181 in favour of the partition of Palestine for the creation of an Israeli state. This resolution laid down a plan for the establishment of a Jewish state and an Arab state linked by mutual economies. Jerusalem, located in the heart of the country, was to be an international regime. This resolution was shortly passed after World War II, with the events of this war helping to strengthen the mindset and determination of the Jewish people fighting for their homeland and was in a way, pivotal to the movement. However, plans for a independent Jewish state was already in talks before World War II had even began.
Since the Arabs were living in Palestine when the Ottoman Empire control it. Since the Arabs defeated the Ottoman Empire with the help of from Germany, “Just short of 6 months the Palestinians were crushed, militarily and psychologically” (document 8) On the other hand, Israel grew beyond the partition lines, gained more defensible borders and they destroyed Arab homes reducing their population. The Palestinians rightly felt that the Israelis were taking over the area and were pushing out of lands promised to them in both the Balfour Declaration and the UN 1947 Partition.
According to Shlaim, the conflict begins during World War 1 when the British made various promises to both Jews and Arabs while simultaneously plotting with the French to divide all the territory into spheres of influence . The British assumed that Palestinians and Jews could leave peaceably in a single state, but Britain's obligation to the Jews could only be met at the expense of the Arab majority. The British carved up the territories under their mandate without regard for religious, ethnic, or linguistic composition of their inhabitants.
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