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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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". ... This forces Israelis to ask themselves the question: is Israel a western nation which recognizes human rights, or is Israel a primitive tribal society, based on race and religion? ... 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...

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However, this contemporary rendition appears through the auspices of a lesser-known and more discrete manifestation of imperialist dominion- via the guise of democracy.1 Many perceive the question of conflict solely as a struggle between Arabs and Jews. ... As another commentary suggests "the creation of Israel meant the destruction of the political, social, and economic structure of Palestinian society."" 7 The question is why? ... 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-vi...

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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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When questioned by the Anglo-American Commission on March 26, 1946, Golda Myerson was able to inform the Commission of the willingness for the Palestine Jewish communities to take on many more refugees than the British figured the communities could handle (Noble 68-70). ...

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