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McMachon Hussein Correspondence
During the World War 1 , British High Comissioner HEnry Machon promised him that bratain would grant independence to most Arab areas in the ottoman Empire. -
First Zionist Congress
Organized by Theodor. Zionism's goal of stablishing a legally assured home fot the Jewish people in the land of Israel. Jews would not stop until Jews couold live in a land of their own. -
Balfour Declaration
It was a letter from the United Kingdoms Foreign secretary author Balfour to walter Rothschil -
British Mandatefor Palestine
, Britain created Transjordan as a subdivision of
the mandate in the area east of the Jordan River. In 1922, Britain
barred Jewish settlement in Transjordan, reducing the area available
for a Jewish homeland by more than 75%. -
The Holocaustand World War II
Before and
during the war, the Nazis persecuted Jews, eventually carrying out a
genocide known as the Holocaust. This resulted in the murder of 6
million Jews.
