... and 1914." (4) These political decisions were made based on "colonial ideas about Europeans" rights to claim and settle other parts of the world" (1) and were where all the trouble really began. 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 ... that Britain would assist the Zionists in "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people." (4) Following the declaration...

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... . It was only through his skill and determination that the Palmach was peacefully abolished and integrated into the IDF in January 1949. The ranks of the IDF swelled rapidly to about 100,000 at the height of the War of Independence. Nearly all able-bodied men, plus many women, were recruited; thousands of foreign volunteers, mostly veterans of World War II, also came to the aid of Israel. The newly independent state rapidly mobilized to meet ... a tremendous effort, Israel assembled a motley group of combat aircraft when Arab air forces attacked it after the declaration of independence i...

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... of the Zionist enterprise and a commitment to the just cause of Palestinian Arabs." (p.14) One of the biggest and most powerful organizations in the history of the Palestinian struggle is the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). The PLO became the voice of the Palestinian nation, gaining support from Palestinians who believed that only the reclamation of lands lost to Israel in 1948 can end the Arab-Israeli struggle. The PLO was vocal about the utilization of ... no more than rocks, the Palestinians effectively (though unofficially) threw off the mantle of PLO leadership as it sough...

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... Palestine. The Arabs of the region were on friendly terms with Hitler's Germany. The High Commander of Great Britain had enormous Jewish sympathies; the Arabs had rebelled against the British in efforts to get the British to leave the region (Noble 48). By 1936, Jewish settlers in Palestine were adding to their territories by sometimes taking advantage of an old Palestinian law about taking possession of land (Noble ... State (Noble 102-108). The British departed from the Palestinian region on May 14, 1948. As the State of Israel was born, Golda Myerson was, yet again, on hand. She was o...

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... 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 of States, the enjoyment by States of the rights inherent in full sovereignty, the duty of States to respect the personality of other States, the inviolability of the territorial integrity and political independence of the State, the freedom of each State to choose and develop its ... States.15 The "rule of law" was defined by the International Commission of Jurists in an international gathering consisting of o...

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... 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. Arabs were against it as the Jews had no right in Palestine which is an Arab country. At the end of World War II the Arabs accounted for about 90% of the population. Jewish immigration ... the partition of Palestine included the details of partition into an Arab state and a Jewish state, with al-Qu...

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... Before we begin, let me remind you of the definition of Israel. 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". Why a race or religion must have a singular nation-state forcibly created for it is something of a mystery; my sons are white/Asian ... you will be blamed for making them do this to you. The Life of an "Arab Israeli" OK, so the life of a Palestinian is pretty bad. How about the life of an Israeli Arab? That's much bett...

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