Palestine was originally given to the British as a mandate and was not granted its independence, leaving it with a lack of self-determination and British control. ... Sir Arthur Balfour's declaration states a homeland for the Jews, but not at the expense of the Arabs. ... The Arabs, an overwhelming majority in Palestine, have always asked for their freedom and independence from the British. ... Accepting the resolution would give Jews freedom from persecution and the Arabs its independence from the British, however, the Arabs would have to share the land with their enemies. ...

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History In 1948, Great Britain recognized the rights of the Jewish people to establish a national Jewish homeland in Palestine. This made Palestinians very angry because they believe that it is their God-given land. Palestine was split into Jordan and Israel. The Declaration of Independence of the ...

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After the holocaust of World War II, many Jews fled to the land of Palestine which was better known as Israel by the Jewish people even before its official declaration of independency. The first political attempt at creating peace between the disputing sides was made by Britain, the controllers of the Palestine land up until Israel's independence. ... Zionism is the belief that Jews should have their own homeland, and in 1917 the British decided to back Zionism with The Balfour Declaration (Jewish Voice for Peace). After the Balfour Declaration the Jewish people started massive immigrati...

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The Arabs were promised Independence and protection of their the religious sites, in turn for assisting the British overthrow the Ottomans out of the Middle East. ... The third agreement established was the Balfour Declaration of 1917, witch directly contradicted the Hussein-McMahon Correspondence by promising a national Jewish homeland in Palestine, to the dispersed Jewish population. ... However, this contradicted the Balfour Declaration, and the Jewish were unhappy. ...

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This letter was known as the Balfour Declaration. But since the two sides couldn"t live with each other, the Balfour Declaration was unworkable. ... The Palestinians demand and fight for independence and the Israelis still want to negotiate peace. ...

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Britain main order of business was to implement the Balfour Declaration, which simply declared a national home for the Jewish people. ... In 1946, Britain partitioned Palestine and gave the TransJordan, the east side of the Jordan River, it's independence. ...

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At the San Francisco Conference of 1945, Zeineddine of Syria described that the concept of sovereign equality of States include the principles that; firstly, the States are juridically equal; that each State enjoys the right inherent in full sovereignty; that the personality of the State is respected, as well as its territorial integrity; and finally that the State should, under international order, comply faithfully with its international duties and obligations.14Furthermore, the principle of sovereign equality of States has also been described as including the elements of juridical equality...

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British Mandate According to the CNN Palestinian timeline, in 1914 when World War I broke out, Sir Henry McMahon, the British commissioner in Egypt promised the independence of Arab lands under Ottoman rule, including Palestine, in return for Arab support against Turkey which had entered the war on the side of Germany. ... Then, in 1916 Britain and France, victors of war, secretly signed the Sykes-Picot Agreement.(8) The agreement basically divided up those lands promised to the Arabs between Britain and France, leaving Palestine an international zone. (8) Amazingly enough only one year late...

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In 1917, Britain issued the Balfour Declaration which stated Palestine was a homeland to Jews and after the defeat of Ottoman Empire, it encouraged Jewish immigration from European countries to Palestine. ... The Basic Law established the governmental structure of the Palestinian state, which created separation of powers and judicial independence. ...

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RESEARCH ESSAY - A CLASH OF RIGHTS Since the beginning of Palestine's Independence from the League of Nations (now known as the United Nations) in 1948, The Arab-Israeli conflict has been a matter of concern to the public eye as the situation is so intense and fragile, that it could implode with the slightest breath. ... This Pact was known as the Balfour Declaration (1917). ... Firstly, the United Nations aims to dismantle Israel's grip on the intended territories and to re-establish Palestinian political independence. ...

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In 1917, however, the British also promised to make Palestine the national home for the Jewish people in the Balfour Declaration, possibly to coerce the Jewish lobby in the US to back Britain in WWI. ... On March 14, 1948, Israel declared independence and on March15, 1948 five Arab armies denounced the plan for further partition and attacked Israel, which began the war of 1948. ... The first being the idea of independence for all Arabs, which in turn meant the denial of an independent Jewish state in Palestine. ... The ambush of the Jewish bus did not initiate a mass exodus of the Jews ...

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A Different Kind of Faith In the story "The Conversion of the Jews" by Philip Roth the character Oscar "Ozzie" Freedman is a thirteen year old boy who constantly questions the Jewish faith. He attends school at the Jewish Synagogue and his teacher is Rabbi Binder. Ozzie i...

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The Declaration of Independence of the United States states " We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain enaliable rights, that among these are life liberty and the pursuit of happiness." ...

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Israel considers itself to be a Jewish state (formally codified in its 1948 Declaration of Independence), which means that its entire purpose is to provide what is commonly referred to as a "Jewish homeland". ... Simply put, Israel would not exist if Britain had not promised the land (liberated from the Turks with the help of the Palestinians in return for their independence) to the Jews (who contributed nothing to this liberation but stood ready to swoop in with a three thousand year old land claim). ...

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Israel's goal was "independence" in what Shimon Peres called in 1975, "uniquely decisive situations." ... They also established a precedent of armed self-defense of the Zionist movement, which during the War of Independence in 1948 would flower into the IDF. ... When Israel achieved its independence on May 14, 1948, the Haganah became the de facto Israeli army. ...

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Such a dependence upon the acquisition of raw materials from a sole provider naturally raises the cost of production, whereby "many existing firms became non-viable.""14 To show how the aims to make the Palestinians dependent were strategically implemented, "over 90% of West Bank and Gaza imports come from Israel."" 15 Sara Roy claims that "the underlying motive of Israeli economic policy was political, being designed to deny economic independence to the Palestinian territories, especially the Gaza Strip, as an instrument of subjugation."" 16 However it is crucial to note that she later a...

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