In 1898, "Theodor Herzl", a Jewish journalist and author in Austria, published a book entitled "Jewish State". In this book, he defended the formation of a Jewish state and gave Western public opinion an intellectual basis for welcoming the Zionist movement. Since the Jews in Germany had more political influence and freedom of action than in other countries, "Hertsal" first tried to get the opinion of the Ottoman Sultan through the German government to settle the Jews in Palestine, but due to several political reasons, including the declaration of Muslim Jihad against the invaders. The foreigner did not meet with success. For this reason, the Jews threw themselves into England.
In the negotiations that the Jewish leaders had with "Sykes", the representative of England, they assured him that they would defend the British protectorate of Palestine in the "League of Nations". On the other hand, they promised Sykes a loan and also pledged to pressure the United States government to intervene in the war for the benefit of the Allies and against Germany. These actions actually prepared the ground for the publication of the "Balfour Declaration" on November 2, 1971. "Balfour", the foreign minister of England at the time, announced the establishment of the Jewish national homeland in a letter addressed to Lord Rothschild, this letter became known as "Balfour Declaration". This announcement stated:
"Given the special interest that the British government has in establishing a Jewish national homeland in Palestine, it will try to achieve this goal and facilitate its means."
After issuing the Bafur Declaration, the British military forces occupied Jerusalem in Palestine on December 9, 1971, and by the fall of 1918, they were able to force all the Ottoman military forces in Palestine to surrender and capture the entire territory of this country. In 1919, the "San Remo" conference, which was formed by the representatives of France, England and Italy, after examining the comprehensive situation of Palestine, announced its agreement on the British protectorate of Palestine. On July 24, 1922, the British Trusteeship in Palestine was officially approved by the Council of the League of Nations.
In the light of the support of England and despite the opposition of the Arabs, the immigration of Jews to Palestine, which had started a few years ago, gained more speed.
On the other hand, Hitler's anti-Jewish policy caused the number of European immigrants to increase even more. So that in 1946, out of 1,560/972, the population of Palestine, more than 608,000 of them were Jews. While the number of Jews in 1918 was about 56,000 people. Most of these immigrants were from Eastern Europe. Parallel to the increase of the Jewish population in Palestine and the rise of their political power in the region, the Arab masses, who were angry and at the same time worried about the influence of the Jews, pressured England not to side with the Zionists. At this time, the Zionists in Palestine had practically created an autonomous force and created a secret army called "Haganah". The task of this army was to assassinate the opposition and fight against the Arab masses.
In order to silence the Arab masses and prevent their uprising, England published the "White Book" in 1939 and declared that Jews can have a national center in Palestine, but they do not have the right to establish an independent state. This announcement angered the Zionists and they decided to implement their intentions against the British opinion. But at this time, the Second World War began and the Palestinian issue was overshadowed by news related to the war.
After the end of World War II in 1947, England announced that the following year, it would withdraw from Palestine and hand over its administration to the United Nations. On November 29, 1947, the United Nations General Assembly issued a resolution dividing Palestine into three parts. 43% of it was given to Arabs and 56% to Jews. Jerusalem was also declared international.
When the British protectorate over Palestine ended on May 15, 1948, all Palestinian political institutions were actually destroyed and there was no organization to fill the void. The Zionists, who dominated the areas of the Jewish state in the Partition Resolution, established a 38-member Provisional Governing Council, which in turn elected a 13-member cabinet. On the same day, David Ben-Gurion, who later assumed the position of Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, announced the formation of the government. Immediately after this announcement, the governments of the United States of America and the Soviet Union recognized Israel.
In this way, the unrest in the occupied territories intensified from May 1987. The Palestinian people could not so easily accept foreigners coming to their country and taking over their lands. In the conflicts that happened between Palestinians and Israelis, the Palestinians were always injured because the Israelis were equipped with all kinds of deadly weapons with the support of other countries, and the Palestinians fought without weapons. Every day, a large number of Palestinian teenagers and young people protecting their country, they were killed by the Israelis, and this story continued until today, when the Israelis razed the entire city of Gaza to the ground and killed a large number of civilians, and this killing and this sad story continues...
