Creation of Israel

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Balfour Declaration statement issued by the British government in 1917 in favor of a Jewish state located in Palestine

Zionism The movement to return Jews to their ancient homeland in the Middle East Remember: the Jews have been wanting their own land well before Holocaust

The big push for Zionism… Anti-Semitism – Hatred & discrimination against Jews

Holocaust the systematic plan by German leader Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party to murder all Jews prior and during World War II in Germany and Poland – planned genocide

Holocaust during 1940s WWII

STATE OF ISRAEL In 1947, the United Nations approved the partition of Palestine into two states, one Jewish and one Arab. On May 14, 1948 the state of Israel declared independence and this was followed by a war with the surrounding Arab states, which refused to accept the UN plan.

BEFORE and AFTER

LAW OF RETURN states that Jews anywhere in the world can immigrate to Israel and become citizens What can this lead to??