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Wed 11 Aug, 2004 08:45 am
Which current country, often central to Middle Eastern conflict, was created by the United Nations after the end of WW2?
a)Iraq
b)Iran
c)Egypt
d)Israel
I'm leaning toward d) What do you think?
Beginnings of the Israeli State
The state of Israel is the culmination of nearly a century of activity in Zionism . Following World War I, Great Britain received (1922) Palestine as a mandate from the League of Nations. The struggle by Jews for a Jewish state in Palestine had begun in the late 19th cent. and had become quite active by the 1930s and 40s. The militant opposition of the Arabs to such a state and the inability of the British to solve the problem eventually led to the establishment (1947) of the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine, which devised a plan to divide Palestine into a Jewish state, an Arab state, and a small internationally administered zone including Jerusalem. The General Assembly adopted the recommendations on Nov. 29, 1947. The Jews accepted the plan; the Arabs rejected it. As the British began to withdraw early in 1948, Arabs and Jews prepared for war.
great! Thanks for your help.
Niki
haha
jews are geniuses
the won all the Middle east war!