WH 3.1
The idea that Jews would return to Palestine has been part of Jewish culture since the unsuccessful rebellion against the *BLANK*.
Roman
The Balfour Declaration was supported by
The United States
This graph shows the number of Jews in Palestine in the years leading up to World War I. Someone looking at these figures in 1914 would most likely predict that the number of Jewish residents in Palestine will
continue to increase
To protect its interests in the Middle East, in 1939, Great Britain declared that it would d
force all Jewish residents to leave Palestine
After World War II, many Jews who had survived the Holocaust
had no place to call home and moved to Palestine
What is the connection between events in Europe in the 1930s and the Jewish population in Palestine?
many Jews fled the growing anti-Semitism that accompanied Hitler's rise to power
A Jewish supporter of assimilation would most likely have urged Jews to
remain in Europe
Read this excerpt from Theodor Herzl, written in 1896. THe idea which I have developed in this pampphlet is a very old one: it is the restoration of the Jewish State. We have honestly endeavored everywhere to merge ourselves in the social life of surroundign communities and to preserve the faith of our fathers. We are not permitted to do so. No one can deny the gravity of the situation of the Jews. Wherever they live in perceptible numbers, they are more or less persecuted. Theyr equality before the law, granted by statue, has become practically a dead eletter. They are debarred from filling even moderately high positions, either in the army, or in any public or private capacity. And attempts are made to thrust them out of business also: "Don't buy from Jews!" In the excerpt which word does Herzl use to argue that Jews previously lived in Palestine for centuries?
restoration
On the day of Israel's founding, neighboring Arab nations
started a war with Israel
At the start of World War I, Palestine was controlled by *BLANK*.
the Ottoman Empire
Read this excerpt from Theodor HErzl, written in 1896. The idea which I have developed in this pamphlet is a very old one: it is the restoration of the Jewish State. We have honestly endeavored everywhere to merge ourselves in the social life of surrounding communities and to preserve the faith of our fathers. We are not permitted to do so. No one can deny the gravity of the situation of the Jews. Wherever they live in perceptible numbers, they are more or less persecuted. Their equality before the law, granted by statute, has become practically a dead letter. They are debarreed from filling even moderately high positions, either in the army, or in any public or private capacity. And attempts are made tothrust them out of busniess also" "Don't buy from Jews!" - The Jewish State in this excerpt, Herzl is calling for
the creation of a homeland for Jews
What event resulted in a large Palestinian refugee population?
the victory of Israel in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
In general, how did Arab residents of Palestine view Jewish immigration in the 1930s?
they demanded an end to Jewish immigration
In 1939, why did Great Britain remove their support of an Israeli homeland in Palestine?
they wanted to protect their political and economic interests
What was the goal of Zionism?
to establish a Jewish state in Palestine
Read this excerpt from the Balfour Declaration (1917) His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people. - Balfour Declaration; 1917 WHat does the Balfour Declaration promise?
to support a Jewish homeland in Palestine
Read this excerpt from Israel's Declaration of Independence. The state of Israel will be open for Jewish immigration and for the Ingathering of the Exiles. - Declaration of Israel's independence, 1948 the excerpt promises that Israel will
welcome all Jewish immigrants
