So been doing some historical reading about Israel. Went back to the ottoman empire. The
Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued by the British government in 1917 during the
First World Warannouncing support for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in
Palestine, then an
Ottomanregion with a small minority
Jewish population.
I’m guessing this is what started the tension.
Anyway jump to 1947 to the
1947 adoption of the
United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, which planned to divide Palestine into an Arab state, a Jewish state, and the Special International Regime encompassing the cities of
Jerusalem and
Bethlehem.
tensions grew as Palestinians didn’t like the plan
Anyway, jump to the 1948 Arab-Israeli war when Britain gave up control and left Israel. That’s when west Jerusalem became controlled by the Jewish population and east Jerusalem became controlled by the Palestinian population.
As a result of the war, the State of Israel controlled the area that
UN General Assembly Resolution 181 had recommended for the proposed Jewish state, as well as almost 60% of the area of Arab state proposed by the 1947 Partition Plan,[20] including the
Jaffa,
Lydda, and
Ramle area,
Galilee, some parts of the
Negev, a wide strip along the
Tel Aviv–
Jerusalem road, West Jerusalem, and some territories in the
West Bank.
So it looks like Israeli took more than the UN suggested. Did they take it or were they fighting for their lives?
Jump ahead to 1967-Six Day War
Egypt was blocking the straits of Tiran from Israeli shipping. Israel didn’t like that so they attacked. Egypt was backed by the Arab nations of Syria and Jordan. Israel seized the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, the
West Bank, including
East Jerusalem, from Jordan and the Golan Heights from Syria.
So from what I can tell Israel was being suppressed by Egypt, stood up to them and their arab allies and won the 1967 war to everyone’s surprise.
So as of right now Israel is violating article 49 of the Geneva Convention by occupying Palestinian Territory in East Jerusalem.
50 years ain’t long and I would imagine it would be difficult returning that land to the people that you just defeated in a war, Especially when they were supporting your oppressor. Furthermore, throwing the terrorist organization Hamas on top of that who wants to eradicate Jewish people from Israel just adds to the problem.
I’m still digging though.
Correct me if I’m wrong