HIST 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Six-Day War, Menachem Begin, Oslo Accords
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Palestine governed by br under l of n mandate until may 1948(?) Br made series of conflicting promises, expressing support. 1937 br proposed partitioning palestine into two states: a) jewish, b) arab: palestinian arabs rejected, revolted against br rule. Meanwhile, international pressure mounting after wwii, br to allow large jew immigrants into palestine. Br decided to turn the solution to l of n (in their p of v, it made sense because palestine was in control of l of n as mandates) Un called in for partition into arab jewish state + creation of int. zone of control in. 1948: jewish declared independent state, hostility lasted until following year, arab states surrounding israel but there was enormous political cost: arab state envisioned under partition plan never materialized, instead 700 000. Arabs became refugees mainly in the surrounding arab countries. Arab-israeli conflict on who is going to rule palestine (or even share power under what )
