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Title : THE PALESTINE QUESTION - A BRIEF HISTORY , 1980
... In 1897, the World Zionist Organization had declared its aim “to create for the Jewish people a home in Palestine secured by public law” (the organization considered areas in East Africa and Argentina ... However, it finally decided on Palestine, claiming it as a national home on the basis of ancient Jewish links with the holy land.) ...
The building of the “Jewish National Home” started soon after the end of the First World War ...
In April 1920 ... France agreed that ... Palestine would pass under British tutelage instead of the international régime as originally planned...
The Zionist Organization promoted large-scale Jewish immigration ... The Jewish population in Palestine increased from 56,000 in 1918 to about 88,000 in 1922, ... By 1939 ... increased to 445,000 (... and to 608,000 by 1946) ...
In percentage terms, the Jewish population rose from about 10% 1919 to 17% in 1929 to nearly 30% in 1939 ...
The Zionist Organization also acquired land to settle the Jewish immigrants. In 1920, Jewish holdings in Palestine were about 2.5% of the total land area. By 1939, they had increased their holdings to over 5.7% of the total land area.
The Palestinian Arabs regarded the Zionist Organization’s activities ... in Palestine as colonization of their ancestral land by foreigners. Not yet politically organized, the Palestinians vented their anger through violence. Anti-Zionist riots erupted in 1920, 1921, 1929 and 1939. These eventually culminated into a full-scale rebellion from 1936 to 1939. The British Government was only able to suppress the rebellion through the use of drastic measures and strong military force ...
By the end of the Second World War the Arab States and the United States of America were also involved in the Palestine issue ...
By 1947, Palestine was a land ravaged by violence ... Zionist para-military organizations ... became active. They were later joined by the Stern gang.
These groups turned to terrorism in Palestine ...
The British Mandate over Palestine was to end and the two new States (one Arab, one Jewish) were to achieve independence on 15 May 1948 ...
Although the size of the Jewish State accorded in the partition resolution was smaller than the Zionist Organization had hoped for, ... the Zionist Organization accepted the partition plan. The Palestinian Arabs and the other Arab countries rejected the resolution as unjust and illegal.
The violence, which had not subsided while the United Nations debated the Palestine issue, now flared up again. The violence intensified when the British forces first prepared to withdraw, and then when they advanced their withdrawal date to 15 May 1948 ...
Zionist forces went on the offensive, implementing “Plan Dalet” ... to occupy the areas allotted to the Arab State as soon as British authority weakened. The Zionists’ intention was to secure “a State made larger and Jewish by the Haganah”. On the other side, Palestinian Arab irregulars also intensified their operations ...
On 14 May 1948, amidst mounting strife, the State of Israel proclaimed its establishment ... As the last British troops ceremonially departed the following day, troops from bordering Arab countries entered the areas allotted to the Arab State, and the first Israel-Arab war began.
By the time the United Nations Security Council effected a cease-fire, Israeli forces had established a decisive superiority. Additionally, they controlled large areas of territory allotted to the Arab State as well as the western half of Jerusalem, originally meant for internationalization.
The armistice lines established in 1949 ... left Israel controlling a total of 67% of the territory of Palestine. Egypt and Jordan administered the remaining territorial portions allotted for the Arab State in the Partition Resolution ... Of the two States intended by the Partition Resolution, only one, the Jewish State of Israel, had been established. However, the second, the Arab State in Palestine, had not come into being ...
Title : THE PALESTINE QUESTION - A BRIEF HISTORY , 1980
... In 1897, the World Zionist Organization had declared its aim “to create for the Jewish people a home in Palestine secured by public law” (the organization considered areas in East Africa and Argentina ... However, it finally decided on Palestine, claiming it as a national home on the basis of ancient Jewish links with the holy land.) ...
The building of the “Jewish National Home” started soon after the end of the First World War ...
In April 1920 ... France agreed that ... Palestine would pass under British tutelage instead of the international régime as originally planned...
The Zionist Organization promoted large-scale Jewish immigration ... The Jewish population in Palestine increased from 56,000 in 1918 to about 88,000 in 1922, ... By 1939 ... increased to 445,000 (... and to 608,000 by 1946) ...
In percentage terms, the Jewish population rose from about 10% 1919 to 17% in 1929 to nearly 30% in 1939 ...
The Zionist Organization also acquired land to settle the Jewish immigrants. In 1920, Jewish holdings in Palestine were about 2.5% of the total land area. By 1939, they had increased their holdings to over 5.7% of the total land area.
The Palestinian Arabs regarded the Zionist Organization’s activities ... in Palestine as colonization of their ancestral land by foreigners. Not yet politically organized, the Palestinians vented their anger through violence. Anti-Zionist riots erupted in 1920, 1921, 1929 and 1939. These eventually culminated into a full-scale rebellion from 1936 to 1939. The British Government was only able to suppress the rebellion through the use of drastic measures and strong military force ...
By the end of the Second World War the Arab States and the United States of America were also involved in the Palestine issue ...
By 1947, Palestine was a land ravaged by violence ... Zionist para-military organizations ... became active. They were later joined by the Stern gang.
These groups turned to terrorism in Palestine ...
The British Mandate over Palestine was to end and the two new States (one Arab, one Jewish) were to achieve independence on 15 May 1948 ...
Although the size of the Jewish State accorded in the partition resolution was smaller than the Zionist Organization had hoped for, ... the Zionist Organization accepted the partition plan. The Palestinian Arabs and the other Arab countries rejected the resolution as unjust and illegal.
The violence, which had not subsided while the United Nations debated the Palestine issue, now flared up again. The violence intensified when the British forces first prepared to withdraw, and then when they advanced their withdrawal date to 15 May 1948 ...
Zionist forces went on the offensive, implementing “Plan Dalet” ... to occupy the areas allotted to the Arab State as soon as British authority weakened. The Zionists’ intention was to secure “a State made larger and Jewish by the Haganah”. On the other side, Palestinian Arab irregulars also intensified their operations ...
On 14 May 1948, amidst mounting strife, the State of Israel proclaimed its establishment ... As the last British troops ceremonially departed the following day, troops from bordering Arab countries entered the areas allotted to the Arab State, and the first Israel-Arab war began.
By the time the United Nations Security Council effected a cease-fire, Israeli forces had established a decisive superiority. Additionally, they controlled large areas of territory allotted to the Arab State as well as the western half of Jerusalem, originally meant for internationalization.
The armistice lines established in 1949 ... left Israel controlling a total of 67% of the territory of Palestine. Egypt and Jordan administered the remaining territorial portions allotted for the Arab State in the Partition Resolution ... Of the two States intended by the Partition Resolution, only one, the Jewish State of Israel, had been established. However, the second, the Arab State in Palestine, had not come into being ...
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