Section 1 Flashcards
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Mandate definition
refered to land to be governed by an outside power on behalf of the Leauge of Nations until it was ready for independence
Zionism
the movement for re-establishing an independent Jewish national state in the Middle East
Self-Determination
the right to decide their own political future
Israel establishment
1948 - after WWII
PLO origination
Lebennon
Sick man of Europe
Ottoman Empire
British pact with French
broke the pact with the Arabs
How was Palestine split
into two states - Jewish took 1/2 the land while only making up 1/3 of the population
Balfour Proclamation
Great Britain supports Jewish state in Palestine