How It all Began Israel and Palestine

Mohamed Khamis
Discussions & Debates
9 min readJun 21, 2024

After the Romans expelled the Jews, they were displaced in several countries, including Britain and France. However, in the Middle Ages, these countries expelled Jews for a variety of reasons, one of which was that these countries were Christian, and Jews are still blamed for Christ’s death, peace be upon him. The second reason was that word spread that the Jews kidnapped Christian children by using their blood to make good pies, so Britain, the rest of King Edward I, expelled the Jews in 1990 AD, and then it expelled them from Hungary, Austria, France, Spain, Portugal, and others, and they joined many Jews to live in Germany and Poland. they felt sorry for them. They saw them as weak because they dealt with Islamic morals, and after that, the Russian Empire conquered Poland, causing some Jews to settle in Russia. At this time, Napoleon Bonaparte appeared in France, and his dream was to build a large empire, so he saw Jews as an important part of it, and in exchange, he promised to build them a homeland in Palestine. Napoleon Bonaparte’s war with the Russian Empire resulted in the destruction of his army, as well as the idea of establishing a Jewish homeland in both Palestine and Russia. In 881 AD, he assassinated Russia’s Tsar Alexander II and overthrew his government. The Russians accused the Jews, which led to the assassination of the Russian Tsar, and the Russian Empire went on to kill the Jews, resulting in the Battle of Warsaw, in which Yukiev killed a large number of Jews, prompting many Russian Empire immigrants to flee to the United States of America and Palestine, and displacing the Jews’ situation. They didn’t like Jews.

Theodor Heschel, a Jewish journalist based in the Netherlands, wrote a book called The Jewish State in which he stated that Jews must adapt to a single state and own their homeland for all Jews. So he invited many of the first Jews, and together they established the Jewish community in Basel.

In Switzerland in 1896 AD, there was debate about having a large Jewish population in a single state. This state defines their homeland, where one state is chosen among them who live in a Jewish homeland, and the four countries are: Argentina 2) Uganda. 3. Mozambique 4- He chose Palestine over Argentina, despite his initial preference.

But Palestine was chosen, and Palestine was specifically chosen to exploit the religious sentiment of the Jews, because the Jews believe that Palestine is the Holy Land, the Promised Land, and it is the land that their Lord gave them and promised them, and from this emerged Zionism, which is a political movement whose goal is to establish a homeland for the Jews in Palestine, and during the conference, the Zionist organization was established, which will be responsible The first Jewish migration to Palestine began in 1881 and continued until 1903 AD.

During this period, 25,000 Jews immigrated to Palestine, increasing their population. Between three and five percent of the Palestinian population. At the time, Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire. During this time, the Ottoman Empire was in a serious financial crisis and owed a large sum of money to European countries.

Herzl traveled to Istanbul, the Ottoman Empire’s capital, to meet with his friend Philip New. Lensky, the Austrian ambassador to Istanbul, suggested that he propose to Sultan Abdul Hamid II that the Ottoman Empire pay the Jews a portion of their debts in exchange for Palestine as their homeland. Lensky went on to present this proposal to the Sultan.

Sultan Abdul Hamid replied: “I advise your friend Herzl not to take any new steps on this issue because I cannot give up a single inch of Palestinian land because it is not my property, but rather the property of my people.” My forefathers fought for this land and watered it with their blood, so allow the Jews to keep their wealth and millions.

“If my state is ripped apart.” It is then possible to obtain Palestine for free. Thus, Herzl’s attempt to acquire Palestine failed. Herzl’s second plan called for Jews to purchase large tracts of land in Palestine through agents affiliated with them, after which they would own the land for Jewish use. In 1899, the Zionist Organization established the Jewish Credit Fund for Colonization. This is a Jewish Zionist bank whose mission is to provide financing for large purchases.
Sultan Abdul Hamid prohibited the sale of any Palestinian lands to Jews.

Following that, the Zionist organization devised a plan to depose Sultan Abdul Hamid and achieve their objectives. Herzl died in Austria in 1904 without achieving his dream of establishing a Jewish state in Palestine, but the Zionist organization continued to support that goal by providing aid. The Union and Progress Party was founded to depose Sultan Abdul Hamid. The Union and Progress Party was a Turkish political party that opposed Sultan Abdul Hamid. Indeed, in Istanbul in 1909 AD, the Union and Progress Party led a coup against Sultan Abdul Hamid and was deposed.

Following that, the Union and Progress Party established dominance in the Ottoman Empire. The immigration of Jews to Palestine increased, and the second immigration occurred between 1904 AD and 1914 AD, with 40,000 Jews arriving, bringing the Jewish population to 8% of the total. In 1914, in Bosnia, a young Serb named Gavrilo Princip assassinated Franz Ferdinand.

Who is the Crown Prince of the Austrian Empire. As a result, the Austrian Empire declared war on Serbia, and Germany, Russia, France, and Britain joined forces to form the Allied Powers. The Ottoman Empire joined the Austrian Empire and Germany after Germany promised to assist in reclaiming some lands. It lost, so it dubbed these countries the “central” countries.

Thus began World War I, with each coalition attempting to persuade all countries to join them in order to prevail. When Britain sought to persuade the United States of America to join its coalition, it turned to the Jewish Zionist Organization, which wielded significant power within the United States of America due to its wealth and resources, and the Zionist organization was successful in convincing the United States.

The United States of America fought alongside Britain and France against Germany, Austria, and the Ottoman Empire. In exchange, British Home Secretary Arthur James Balfour promised Jews in 1917 AD that he would establish a state for them in Palestine. They called this promise the Balfour Declaration, and when the Ottoman Empire was defeated in World War I, Britain withdrew. France divided the Ottoman Empire’s lands among them under the Sykes-Picot Agreement, which was followed by the San Remo Agreement in 1920.

Britain seized control of Palestine. Britain began to facilitate Jewish migration to Palestine, and the third migration occurred in 1924, with 35,000 Jews immigrating, bringing the Jewish population in Palestine to 12%.
Britain began to assist the Jews in gaining control of the Palestinian lands, and as their power grew after Britain took control of Palestine, they formed armed Jewish organizations. In 1921,

The Zionist organization formed the Haganah gang, which served as its military arm in Palestine. Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was one of its most well-known leaders. In 1974, Israel was an occupier state.
The Jews also formed the Arbon military gang, led by Ibrahim Tehome, and one of its most well-known members was Menachem Begin, who became the head of the Israeli occupation state in 1977. The Jews also formed the Stern gang, led by Abraham Stern and whose most well-known member was Yitzhak Shamir, who became prime minister of the Israeli occupation in 1983.

These gangs had extensive combat experience as they fought alongside the Allies during World War I. These gangs carried out killing operations against Palestinians, and Britain backed and assisted them. In exchange, they imprisoned any Palestinian who possessed a weapon. The Jewish power in Palestine increased significantly, and Jewish migration to Palestine continued from The fourth migration took place between 1924 and 1931 AD, bringing 78,000 Jews to Palestine and increasing their population to 17% of the total.

As Jewish immigration to Palestine increased, tensions between Arabs and Jews flared. In 1929, Jews held demonstrations in Jerusalem to claim ownership of the Buraq Wall, also known as the Wailing Wall.

Clashes between Arabs and Jews occurred, and the Buraq Revolution resulted in the deaths of 116 Palestinians and 133 Jews. Britain arrested 900 Palestinians and imprisoned 24 in Acre. Palestinian resistance to British occupation policy began, culminating in the Great Jerusalem Demonstration in 1933 and Izz al-Din al-Qassam’s martyrdom two years later.
The British occupied Jenin. Despite this, Jews continued to migrate to Palestine, with the fifth migration from 1932 to 1939 bringing 225,000 Jews. In 1944, Jews made up 30% of the Palestinian population, and they established 12 settlements along the Jordanian border.

In addition, 12 settlements are located on the Lebanese border, eight on the Syrian border, and seven on the Egyptian border. Between 1939 and 1948, Jews built 79 settlements, which are residential complexes where Jews live. Britain continued to assist Jews in acquiring Palestinian lands, sparking the Great Palestinian Revolt in 1936.

Palestinians demonstrated in large numbers, demanding an end to Jewish immigration to Palestine, the abolition of Jewish land ownership, and the establishment of a national government.
The Palestinians fought many battles against the British occupation and Jewish gangs, and during this time, Hitler appeared in Germany, despising Jews because he saw them as the cause of Germany’s defeat in World War I and the spread of corruption throughout German society, so he murdered a large number of them. Which was referred to as the Holocaust.

In 1937, Britain established the Peel Commission, which proposed dividing Palestine into two states: an Arab state and a Jewish state, with Jerusalem under British mandate and protection. Despite Jewish ownership of only 5.5% of Palestinian land, the Peel Committee incorporated it into their proposal. Britain issued the White Paper in 1939, which included a five-year ban on Jewish immigration and a promise of independence for Palestine after 10 years. However, the Palestinians rejected Israel’s proposal for 33% of Palestine’s territory.

Jewish gangs murdered Palestinians and slaughtered British occupation forces in order for Britain to accept the withdrawal from Palestine and the Israelis to be able to establish their state due to the presence of the power that would allow them to do so.

So they went to Jerusalem in 1946 and bombed the British forces’ headquarters, the King David Hotel, before carrying out a massacre of Palestinians in Deir Yassin in 1948. Following the attacks on British forces by Jewish gangs in 1947, the United Nations was tasked with resolving the Palestine issue. By issuing Resolution №181, Palestine will be divided into two states: an Arab state and a Jewish state, with Jerusalem under international administration, which means it will be owned by no state.

According to the United Nations, the Jewish state occupies 56.5% of Palestine’s land area, or more than half of the total. No, they only owned 6.5% of Palestine’s land, and both Arabs and Palestinians refused.

Israel and the Soviet Union recognized the State of Israel, while Arab countries formed the Salvation Army, led by Syrian officer Fawzi al-Quqaji. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan declared war on Jewish gangs and Palestinian Jihad Army forces. Volunteers from Yemen, Sudan, and Pakistan joined them, and the 1948 war (the Nakba War) began. Despite the large number of Arab countries, its forces were smaller than the Israeli gang, which had 107,000 soldiers.

However, the Arab forces totaled 56,000 soldiers, and the Jewish gang had more combat experience than the Arab forces due to their participation in World Wars I and II.
Unlike the Arab forces occupied by Britain and France, the Jewish gang was armed with cutting-edge weapons and received assistance from Britain and France, whereas Arab countries were prohibited from importing weapons.

Despite this, Arab forces defeated the Jewish gang at the start of the war and controlled large portions of Palestine, but the Security Council declared a cease-fire and a four-week truce.

Throughout the truce, many things changed.
A large number of Jews traveled from various countries to join Jewish gangs, and France and Britain provided weapons while Arab countries were barred from importing them.
During the war, the Jewish gang took control of 78% of Palestine, while the Arabs only held 22%. The Israeli occupation state joined the United Nations in 1949 and is now well known around the world.

Despite some of the history background that I have mentioned above, Palestine and Israel today are going through something that is totally different which is Hamas and Israel in Gaza and from and outsider the only solution I think that can be taken as the right solution in a way is to divide the country itself into two states, a Jewish state, and an Arab state where both sides would have to accept the reality that if they kept of doing what they are doing both sides are going to end and it will end badly for everyone but coming to an agreement to divide the country can be a solution that should be considered and from my personal opinion I feel like that is the only right decision to satisfy both groups and end the war which people may say it is a genocide at this point.

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