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first zionist congress
theodor herzl, the founder of modern political zionism, announced zionism's goal of establishing a legally assured home for the jewish prople. -
Mc.Mahonhussein correspondence
british high commissioner henry mc.mahon promised him independance to most arab areas in the ottoman empire. -
balfour declaration
the british balfour declaration promise to create a jewish homeland in the region comprising the ancient land of israel. -
british mandate for palestine
the league of nations divided ottoman lands between the british and the french after wwl britain was given the palestine mandate on land comprising modern-day israek, the west bank garza strip and jorden. (lasted between 1920-1947 -
the holocaust and wwll
nazi germany attacked and conquered most of europe. before and during the war the nazis persecuted jews, eventually carrying out a genocide know as the holocaust. (lasted between 1933-1945) -
UN partition plan
in 1947, amidst growing tensions between arabs,jews, and the british , britain announced its plan to pull out of the region and turned the questions of sovereignty over to the united nations. the arabs in the palestine mandate and the arab states rejected it and incrased attacks on jews