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zionist movement begins
The Zionist movement was fueled by two things:thw religoius beliefs of the jewish people regaurding the return to their ancient homeland and the waves of anti-semitism -
balfour declaration
The balfour declaration was a product of years of careful negotiation.after centuries of living in a diaspora, The 1894 dreyfus affair in france shocked jews into realizing they would not be safe from arbitary antisemitismunless they had their own country. -
British mandate starts
in jully 1922 the leauge of nations entrusted great britian with the Mandate for palestine. regonizing the historical conection of the jewish people with palestine. -
Peel commission
A british royal commission of inquiry, headed by lord peel,appionted in 1936 to investigate the cause of unrest in british mandate for palestine. -
Arab armies invade
On May 15, 1948, the day the British Mandate over Palestine ended, the armies of five neighboring Arab states invaded the new State of Israel.
