2.+a)+The+Historical+background+to+the+Arab-Israeli+Conflict

Historical Background Zionism is the desire to establish a national home in Palestine for the Jewish people. View the video below and complete the question on the Balfour Declaration in your worksheet.

In 1897 the first zionist congress was held in Basel, Switzerland. The focus of the congress would be the following: > 1. The promotion by appropriate means of the settlement in Israel of Jewish farmers, artisans, and manufacturers. > 2. The organization and uniting of the whole of Jewry by means of appropriate institutions, both local and international, in accordance with the laws of each country. > 3. The strengthening and fostering of Jewish national sentiment and national consciousness. > 4. Preparatory steps toward obtaining the consent of governments, where necessary, in order to reach the goals of Zionism. > > The Balfour Declaration was a November 2, 1917 letter from British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Lord Rothschild that made public the British support of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. The Balfour Declaration led the League of Nations to entrust the United Kingdom with the Palestine Mandate in 1922. Though the Balfour Declaration went through several drafts, the final version was issued on November 2, 1917, in a letter from Balfour to Lord Rothschild, president of the British Zionist Federation. The main body of the letter quoted the decision of the October 31, 1917 British Cabinet meeting. This declaration was accepted by the League of Nations on July 24, 1922 and embodied in the mandate that gave Great Britain temporary administrative control of Palestine.
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 * The Balfour Declaration **


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Aliyah Annex Anti-semitism Arabs Arab League Balfour Declaration Basel Congress Demilitarized zone Diaspora Gaza Strip Intifada Mandate OPT PLO Partition Resolution Protectorate West Bank Transjordan Zionism
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