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Establishment of Zionism
The establishment of the ideology of Zionism, advocating the establishment of a Jewish state in Israel, is critically significant to the conflict, as this is the ideology that resulted in the establishment of the state of Israel -
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Jewish migration to Palestine
From 1920 to 1945 more than 365,000 Jews migrated to British Mandated Palestine, many to escape Fascism in Europe. The rapidly growing Jewish population resulted in conflict with Palestinians, leading the UN to propose the 1947 partition plan.