HISTORY 244 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Irgun, Christian Zionism, American Jews
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History 244 - lecture five - the impact of world war two. Both profoundly frightened and violence, giving into extremists. Both sides victims, must have sympathy for each. World war two brought these tensions to a head. Jewish growth, which had stopped with the blockade, became unstoppable after the war. Israel was established as an independent state three years after the world, which very few could have predicted in 1940. The war weakened britain and the arabs, but strengthened the jewish cause and the usa and ussr (chief patrons) War actually helped arabs in some respect. 1945, england bankrupt and dependent on arab oil. England had to listen carefully to arab leaders about palestine. Also hurt the arabs due to arab figures aligning themselves with the nazis. Kill the jews wherever you find them quote from hajj amin al-husseini, also visited. Leaders in iraq and syria celebrated nazi victories.
