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A video that gives a history of the founding of Israel, and can inform the historic tensions that are relevant to current events.

  • jetOPA
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    1 year ago

    TLDR via notegpt:

    Summary

    • On November 29th, 1947, the United Nations General Assembly held a vote to partition British Mandatory Palestine into two independent states.
    • Abba Eban, a Jewish Agency delegate, worked tirelessly to secure the necessary votes for the partition resolution.
    • Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern political Zionism, envisioned a Jewish state as a solution to growing antisemitism in Europe.
    • The Jewish settlement in Palestine led to tensions between Arabs and Jews from the very beginning.
    • The British government supported the establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine through the Balfour Declaration and the Mandate.
    • Riots and violence between Arabs and Jews escalated during times of political and religious tension.
    • The influx of Jewish immigrants to Palestine, particularly during Nazi persecution, contributed to economic growth and cultural development.

    Highlights

    • 🗳️ The United Nations voted on the partition of British Mandatory Palestine into two independent states.
    • 🌍 Abba Eban worked relentlessly to secure votes for the partition resolution.
    • 📖 Theodor Herzl believed a Jewish state would diminish antisemitism and the diaspora.
    • ⚔️ Tensions between Arabs and Jews arose from the early years of Jewish settlement in Palestine.
    • 🇬🇧 The British government supported the establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine.
    • 🔥 Riots and violence erupted during times of political and religious tension.
    • 🚀 Jewish immigration to Palestine during Nazi persecution contributed to economic growth and cultural development.
  • Doorbook@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Did they explained the part Irgun and other groups commiting massacres and consider as terrorist groups before they get desolved into the IDF? Did the explain the part where the kill a village, then build a resort on top of it ?