1️⃣ Why did Jews return to Palestine after the Holocaust by
#Nazi Germany?
2️⃣ Why did Britain sign the Balfour Declaration supporting a homeland for
#Jews?
3️⃣ What role did
#Jerusalem play in the partition between Israel and Palestine?
4️⃣ Why did Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan &
#Iraq newly formed Israel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War?
5️⃣ What exactly happened in 1949, and how did it reshape the region?
6️⃣ Why is the idea of
#Israel considered a 2,000-year-old dream for the Jewish people?
7️⃣ Who is right & Who is wrong?
i) Was it the British who signed the Balfour Declaration and later stepped away from the problem?
ii) Or the United Nations that partitioned Palestine, leading to the creation of Israel?
iii) Or the Jews who believed they were reclaiming a land tied to them for over 2,000 years?
iv) Or Nazi Germany, which systematically carried out the Holocaust?
v) Or the Arabs who felt displaced from their homes in Palestine and fought for their existence?
vi) Or Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon, each of which entered the war against Israel with its own agenda and strategic interests rather than a single unified goal?
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