A particular moment in British imperial history that historians have challenged and have yet to understand the true motives behind its creation is the Balfour Declaration in 1917. The 67-character, single paged declaration addressed to Lord Rothschild from Arthur Balfour, presents yet another moment in British history, that is highly controversial and displays the complexities and consequences of empire. Historians have argued that the declaration had been established due to hard headed realism in the sense that both the British and Jewish interests were identical, some have argued that it was due to Christian, Zionist and anti-Semitic individuals like Lloyd George, the Anglican support of the Jewish community, and due to rise of Zionist lobbying
To begin with, there were disputes because Jews were donating money to Jerusalem which then this caused class tensions. Making the rich wealthier and the poor living in greater poverty. Another incident which sparked up the fire of this war was there were also social fights in the Jewish society.
The war began when the procurator Florus seized 17 talents from the Jewish temple to try and get back the Jews for what he claimed was uncollected taxes. This was the straw the broke the camels back in a sense. The Jewish rebels were
While some may argue that the Palestinians and Israelis can coexist in one unified nation with a parliamentary government, history shows that conflict would most likely arise and this theoretical government would struggle with equality. One of the more obvious reasons a two state solution would be the most promising for ending conflict, would be the taming of Israel’s ability to overpower Palestine. According to a set of maps of Israel and Palestine, beginning before 1948 when the territory was 100% Palestinian, over the course of 20 years, Palestine was completely overpowered and eradicated by Israel to the point where only 12% of Palestine remains(Document 1). Through the use of military power and strong alliances, Israel has asserted the idea that if both groups were asked to share the area of land, Israel would assert dominance and overthrow Palestine once more. In a two state solution, both countries would be separated into different lands, and conflict such as this in the past would be avoided.
Israel would be considered a Jewish state. The Arabs thought the United Nations’ action was siding with the Jews/Israelis. The Arabs never agreed to the idea, considering they would still have to live in Jewish territory. This resolution ignited problems between the Jews and the
After the State of Israel had been around for 50 years, wars lessened and attempts at negotiations started. In 1988, Arafat, the chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO), declared the State of Palestine, not indicating the borders of the state or how it would interact with the State of Israel, “the announcement was mainly a political declaration of hope and intent without immediate practical meaning”(pro-con). This was an aggressive attempt on the part of the Palestinians to establish themselves as a Nation, and they would not be ignored. In 1993, Israel and the PLO come to an agreement. Arafat wrote a letter to the then Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin; announcing a declaration of peace, recognising Israel and condemning violence towards Israelis.
The Zionists fought for the Jews and helped them raise money to get their homeland back. Their First Zionist congress session was on August 1897 in Basel, which is when Zionism started. The group was ruled
Throughout Israel’s complex history, tensions between Jews and Arabs have existed. Much of the conflict in recent years has centered around who is occupying which areas including the Gaza Strip, the Golan Heights, and the West Bank. Numerous wars and acts of violence between the Arabs and Jews have ensued since the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. One of the most impactful wars is the Six-Day War also called the Third Arab-Israeli War.
In the year 1948 was an extremely significant year for all of the Palestinian’s living in what is now barley recognized as a state to any of the western countries. 1948 was a year that a lot of Jewish people from Great Britain and other states migrated on boats towards Palestine. As everyone is living side by side all over Palestine right next to the Jordan country, hundreds of boats came down and descended family’s men, women, and children on the lands of Palestine with the help of other western countries to make a Jewish state, which is now known as Israel. Since that year 1948 the Palestinian’s living in peace at one time since then have been subjected to occupation and ethnic cleansing by this newly created Jewish state.
The social welfare activities of Hamas rely on this interaction to gain support for its political aims. Muslims believe that all of Palestine is the holy land. The two state nation is not a legitimate solution to the Palestinian problem because that would be a complete loss for Islam. The Hamas charter makes this very clear: “For renouncing any part of Palestine means renouncing part of the religion” (Hamas Charter article 13). Through creating an Islamic state and educating the Palestinian people through their outreach programs Hamas is able to justify the injustice of the Israeli occupation with both nationalist and religious backing.
Israel V.S. Palestine For years there has been a lot of tension between Israel and Palestine, primarily over territory and who the land rightfully belongs to. Originally the land was referred to as Palestine, made up of roughly an eighty-six percent Muslim, ten percent Christian, and a four percent Jewish population, all living amongst one another peacefully (Zach Beauchamp, 2014). But due to the actions of the UN and with support from the United States, Israel has been able to expand its boarders and consume nearly all of Palestinian land, leaving close to one million Palestinians as refugees. This extreme oppression of the Palestinians has led to an uncontrollable chaos between the two groups. Although there may have been some strategic
The Palestinians struggle to regain their homeland has resulted in excessive tension between the Jews and the Palestinians which led up to the hostage taking at the Munich Olympics in 1972. The tension between the Palestinians and the Jews originated in World War I when the
The Israeli Palestinian conflict Jacob barker The Israel Palestine conflict is one that existed for centuries. The location of Israel is the birthplace of many religions and wars the land has been fought over for centuries. Now the two people that are in this area are fighting over dominance. The two peoples(Jewish people and the Palestinians) have been fighting for years, but with no clear end in sight.
Ben Gurion states the essential problem in Israel/Palestine: “we and they want the same thing: We both want Palestine. And that is the fundamental conflict.” (Shlaim, 2001, p. 18) For both Israelis and Palestinians it is nationalist conflict, there is a clear reason in the action of both parties, a territorially secure state. Yet, both Israel and Hamas seem to accept that negotiation is the eventual end through which to meet their nationalist ends (Hroub, 2006; Shlaim, 2001).
In the 1800s, a group of Jewish population known as Zionists decided to create a homeland for themselves and considered various locations such as America and Africa before settling on Palestine. As time passed, more and more Jews (Zionists) immigrated to Palestine and tried to take over the land in order to create a homeland. This is also fuelled by the increasing number of Jewish immigrants to Palestine due to the rise Hitler’s power. In 1947, United Nations intervened in the conflicts and divided the Palestine by giving 55% to the Jewish population.
