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ESSE pees Roots of the Conflict Ar THe TURN of te cena, mos of te Arb Mi she Et wes ude ec of he Onan Emp, wich ‘Stein colle’ Corpo 0 weer Epona m= Tom the Otomn Empire wes backward and Uae td Iced der ngs The European sates of (Gra Bsn, Germany, Pace an asia ok oe {vate fing cpt. All bse nats had import he Ottoman Empire Inthe ile East Far Bast and they hoped to expind ‘Bei miliry and ceanami power by taking conte ofthe Onoman Exp ‘Great ruin wa apc tered Inthe Midle East because ewan 50 ready pind sono of reson rod ossags tat halved ne eel "rane good to Europe ron te ar nce There wo ations would play a tweing bemeen Arab and ews Zionism tural dent bt no formalized nition. Throaghowt he Sent (siminaien bse on heey a Jew) ‘epoca in Europe, Tey had ben opto the magi soir. reused the ight © practice mary Wade nd roesions Tey bad teen he gt of pogrom or "Sted massacres and persecutions) in wich ea fae ods fad been murdered. They had been riven from eirtomes and dit ropety had hen conc. papermin named Theodor Hera founded s movemeat le sim nh ne 8D Here wae convinced hat ‘he oly way ur Jews wo bebe rom at Semis at {ote lewith te. He an hi felons ele the ‘ew state thoud be located in the anciem Promised Lind of Palestine ios lene dete tis poston i te lator a hee 197 congas “The sm of Zion Isto creat for te Jesh peopl one in ast se- re by pac an ‘A smal mina of Jews ha been ling in Palestine {or centri, bt abw European Js began igang ee He fad en to the are. They bob and and etblised fms and ‘tiles Following Worl War tis nmigaion a+ ‘Ses coing eros conic “Te tae of pope ihbiting Palestine were Are who reseed iain of ew sete Ia 1918, Arb TnPalesiae wmiere bout sever banded thousand Only fiyeat owand mere Jews Are were concerned at {he at few wuld ea own plans oan id= ene Arab se. The Arab had been under Ortorsh efor cent ete Jens, wad sate ner row poli contol. Bo the Arab ad the Fev pedo ue Paes he te of th ndepenen es, Pestine wovl se bere 3 ttlerond of hese cm ‘ising ire se wed poser moved ova a World War I ‘When Wels Wr I broke ou, Great Brisa exited tacenmiybuewen the Arte an he Ouoaan Tasks by ‘tating the Arab a allie ns fght against che OF them Tak, To 19150 stun foram Ara rebelion int the Trt, Blo apecd wo suppor a indepen ‘Eat arsb sate ht wuld encompest be land fm te Peri Gul west othe Madcranen. na let ‘Shon Hast the An ro he aly iy of Mess, Beth offical Sr Henry MeMato wrote: "eat Bean [pape orcs ea rapon the sdependence of {Gs Aas inal ons thine ts ended byte Sta of Mesa MeMahon' promise ler became a sore of con ent Bh cling ht they i not ned {bc repon of Palene to be ode a eprom. The ‘utson ovr wht nd was promised oie Arb wa farbercoupcted by a cumest eld the Balfour De- {luon In 1947 anber Bish oi, Freign See tary Artur Bao promised Brains Lord Rete Imouber ofthe Zs Feder, Dat Sees tp ig ty ning a ire stare ie ecaigety eeepc ete ate ang mata

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