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1. Funding for modern Zionism - Theodore Herzl - a leading Jewish sympathizer “a Jewish
homeland is needed to stop the violence against the Jews.”
2. Balfour Declaration 1917 - British Foreign Office, November 2nd, 1917
view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the
Jewish people
will use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of this object
nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of
existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine…”
3. Sykes-Picot Agreement
On May 19, 1916, Great Britain and France secretly reach an accord, known as
the Sykes-Picot agreement, by which most of the Arab lands under the rule of
the Ottoman Empire are to be divided into British and French spheres of
influence with the conclusion of World War I.
4. LON, July 24, 1922 “Mandate for Palestine” – Unanimous Declaration of 51 Memebers
“Recognition Has Been Given to the Historical Connection of the Jewish People
with Palestine and to the Grounds for Reconstituting their National Home in
that Country.”
5. Mandate for Palestine - The British Mandate
Great Britain was entrusted by the LoN with the responsibility to administer the
area delineated by the “Mandate for Palestine” in accordance with the
provisions of the articles of the Mandate.
6. 1920 – Original Mandate Territory - Assigned to the Jewish National Home (Figure)
Iraq was given to Faisal bin Hussein, son of the sheriff of Mecca in 1918. To
reward his younger brother Abdullah with an emirate, in 1922, Britain cut away
77 percent of its mandate over Palestine earmarked for the Jews and gave it to
Abdullah, creating the new country of Trans-Jordan or Jordan, as it was later
named.
Egypt and Syria attack Israel on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur
Israel again successfully defends itself with no changes in borders.
Middle Eastern countries agree to stop sending oil to Western countries
like the United States.
Gas shortages occur
Spill over into US and Russia
Russia supplies Arab countries with weapons
US supplies Israel with weapons
Tensions rise between US and Russia
June 23, 2015 - Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR)