During World War I, the discontent with the Ottoman Empire popularized the notion of independence propagated by Arab nationalists. ... Named after Arthur James Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary, the Balfour Declaration was the British government assertion of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people; however, the British government's motives for this declaration also were political. ... After 1918, the Middle East became complicated due to the Balfour Declaration. ... The United States, in Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points, respected democracy, indep...

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The UN partition, Balfour Declaration and Oslo Accords are all agreements that were undertaken to reduce or eliminate hatred between the two nations but has failed to create that peace alliance. ... The text of the Balfour declaration led to trouble with Palestinians, since it stated for the reconstitution of Palestine as "the" Jewish national home without acknowledging Palestinians. ... In May 14th 1948 the Zionist dream became a reality as Israelis' declaration of independence was delivered. ... (Class Notes) The Oslo Accord (I) is also known as the Declaration of Principles. ... The ...

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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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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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For in Palestine the Balfour declaration does not propose even to go through the form of consulting the people of the country. ... The civil war started in Palestine after the declaration of Israel in 1948 and the withdrawal of the British forces. The main starting point for the problem was the Balfour Declaration. The Balfour Declaration's commitment to a Jewish national home in the British mandate of Palestine was rejected by Arabs. ... On May 14, 1948, the British terminated their mandate over Palestine, and the Jews immediately proclaimed the independence of the state of Israel. ...

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Furthermore, Eisenhower very much respected the Tripartite Declaration, a convention that restricted the sale of arms in the near East as well as "ensuring that arms sales to one side (of the Arab-Israeli conflict) was matched by arms sales of equal quantity and quality of the other," (Jewish Virtual Library n.d). ... The age of Anglo-French dominance ended and Egypt finally emerged from its imperialist shadow with a new voice and sense of independence. ...

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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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Armed with no more than rocks, the Palestinians effectively (though unofficially) threw off the mantle of PLO leadership as it sought independence and liberation from the appalling living conditions. ...

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