With reference to one recent major international conflict, access and analyse the geographical impacts of the conflict on the area(s) involved.
With reference to one recent major international conflict, access and analyse the geographical impacts of the conflict on the area(s) involved. (40 Marks)
The Israel Palestine conflict originated with the handing over of the Palestine territory to the Jews. At the time of World War I the area was ruled by the Turkish Ottoman empire. Turkish control ended when Arab forces backed by Britain drove out the Ottomans. Britain occupied the region at the end of the war in
1918 and was assigned as the mandatory power by the League of Nations on 25 April 1920. In 1917, the
British Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour committed Britain to work towards "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people", in a letter to leading Zionist Lord Rothschild. It became known as the Balfour Declaration. Britain, which had ruled Palestine since 1920, handed over responsibility for solving the Zionist-Arab problem to the UN in 1947.
The territory was plagued with chronic unrest pitting native Arabs against Jewish immigrants with the situation becoming more critical with the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Jews fleeing the
Nazi persecution in Europe. The partition plan gave 56.47% of Palestine to the Jewish state and 43.53% to the Arab state, with an international enclave around Jerusalem. On 29 November 1947, 33 countries of the UN General Assembly voted for partition, 13 voted against and 10 abstained. The plan, which was rejected by the Palestinians, was never implemented. The State of Israel, the first Jewish state for nearly
2,000 years, was proclaimed at 1600 on 14 May 1948 in Tel Aviv. The declaration came into effect the following day as the last British troops withdrew.
Israel began as a homeland for Jewish people as they have historical ties dating back thousands of years.
Many Jews moved there before Israel's declaration to start new lives and set up communities after fleeing
Russia. Approximately 20% of the Israeli population are
The Israel Palestine conflict originated with the handing over of the Palestine territory to the Jews. At the time of World War I the area was ruled by the Turkish Ottoman empire. Turkish control ended when Arab forces backed by Britain drove out the Ottomans. Britain occupied the region at the end of the war in
1918 and was assigned as the mandatory power by the League of Nations on 25 April 1920. In 1917, the
British Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour committed Britain to work towards "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people", in a letter to leading Zionist Lord Rothschild. It became known as the Balfour Declaration. Britain, which had ruled Palestine since 1920, handed over responsibility for solving the Zionist-Arab problem to the UN in 1947.
The territory was plagued with chronic unrest pitting native Arabs against Jewish immigrants with the situation becoming more critical with the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Jews fleeing the
Nazi persecution in Europe. The partition plan gave 56.47% of Palestine to the Jewish state and 43.53% to the Arab state, with an international enclave around Jerusalem. On 29 November 1947, 33 countries of the UN General Assembly voted for partition, 13 voted against and 10 abstained. The plan, which was rejected by the Palestinians, was never implemented. The State of Israel, the first Jewish state for nearly
2,000 years, was proclaimed at 1600 on 14 May 1948 in Tel Aviv. The declaration came into effect the following day as the last British troops withdrew.
Israel began as a homeland for Jewish people as they have historical ties dating back thousands of years.
Many Jews moved there before Israel's declaration to start new lives and set up communities after fleeing
Russia. Approximately 20% of the Israeli population are