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The Soviet Union was opposed to the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine until after World War II, which is when Israel became independent. The Soviet Union actually saw the British Mandate in Palestine as an attempt by the British to create a sphere of influence in the Middle East and by allowing Jews to settle there, the British would transplant a Western-leaning, and relatively wealthy population in the Middle East. This would be disadvantageous to Soviet interests in the region. As a result, Stalin created Birobidzian Autonomous Jewish Oblast in southeast Siberia to be Jewish homeland in the Soviet Union. Understandably, it was not that successful since it was nowhere near the Jewish population centers.
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Why did the USSR want to allow the Jewish people into Palestine during the British mandate?
As far as I am aware, the premise of this question is incorrect. The Soviet Union was actually opposed to the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine until after World War II, which is when Israel became independent. The Soviet Union actually saw the British Mandate in Palestine as an attempt by the British to create a sphere of influence in the Middle East and by allowing Jews to settle there, the British would transplant a Western-leaning, and relatively wealthy population in the Middle East. This would be disadvantageous to Soviet interests in the region. As a result, Stalin created Birobidzian Autonomous Jewish Oblast in southeast Siberia to be Jewish homeland in the Soviet Union. Understandably, it was not that successful since it was nowhere near the Jewish population centers. Soviet interests aligned with the Zionists in Palestine after World War II because it had become clear that the Zionists were furious with the British by this point, possibly severring that alliance (it did not actually sever, but it could have) and that Zionist Yishuv's economy had a strong socialist component which meant that Israel could join the Soviet sphere. By 1953, the Soviet Union decided that Israel was too Western and capitalist of a country to be part of the Soviet sphere.
How did Carter react to the USSR invading Vietnam?
He didn't, because it didn't happen.
What happened in 1948 when Palestinians and Israelis were promised countries and who promised them a country?
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the population of Palestine consisted substantially of Muslim and Christian Arabs, plus around 20,000 Jews. Until 1948, Palestine was a British mandated territory and British policy on the territory was informed by the Balfour Declaration of 1917, whereby Palestine would be regarded as a homeland for the Jews, subject to the rights of the Arabs, but would not necessarily be an independent state. By 1939, Britain was moving away from this position, and a white Paper recommended that an Arab state of Palestine be created.In order to force Britain's hand and ensure a favourable outcome, the Jews commenced a program of terrorism, with the Stern Gang as the main participant. In 1946, the British headquarters in the King David Hotel were blown up. By February 1947, the number of British casualties in Palestine has risen sharply and Britain called on the UN to solve the Palestinian problem.At this point, the United States reached agreement with USSR that Palestine was to be divided. In November 1947, a UN Special Committee on Palestine presented a report to the General Assembly, with a majority advocating division, but a minority advocating a unitary state based on democracy. Intense pressure by USA and USSR was necessary to gain the necessary two thirds majority vote for partition.At first, the international solution was for the Palestinians to receive the major portion of the divided territory, but the Jews gradually achieved concessions, until a United Nations "Green Line" was drawn, dividing the territory approximately into two, by means of four sectors which touched at one point, so that a Jew or Palestinian need not cross the other's territory in order to move from one of his two sectors to the other.Some publications that may provide more information include:A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples(2004) by Professor Ilan Pappe (University of Haifa, Israel);The History of Israel (1998) by Professor Arnold Blumberg;Bitter Harvest: A Modern History of Palestine (1989), by Sami Hadawi (official land valuer during the British Mandate)
Why doesn't Stalin react when Germany eventually invades the USSR?
Stalin did react to the invasion of the Germans. He sent troops he just did not send ALL his troops. He held back because he wanted his troops for the eastern front.
What 4 countries where the allied forces?
The main allies were the United States, British Empire, USSR and China.
Why did the USSR want to allow the Jewish people into Palestine during the British mandate?
As far as I am aware, the premise of this question is incorrect. The Soviet Union was actually opposed to the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine until after World War II, which is when Israel became independent. The Soviet Union actually saw the British Mandate in Palestine as an attempt by the British to create a sphere of influence in the Middle East and by allowing Jews to settle there, the British would transplant a Western-leaning, and relatively wealthy population in the Middle East. This would be disadvantageous to Soviet interests in the region. As a result, Stalin created Birobidzian Autonomous Jewish Oblast in southeast Siberia to be Jewish homeland in the Soviet Union. Understandably, it was not that successful since it was nowhere near the Jewish population centers. Soviet interests aligned with the Zionists in Palestine after World War II because it had become clear that the Zionists were furious with the British by this point, possibly severring that alliance (it did not actually sever, but it could have) and that Zionist Yishuv's economy had a strong socialist component which meant that Israel could join the Soviet sphere. By 1953, the Soviet Union decided that Israel was too Western and capitalist of a country to be part of the Soviet sphere.
How did Truman react USSR's deployment of an atomic bomb?
How did truman react to ussrs deployment of an atomic bomb
How did Carter react to the USSR invading Vietnam?
He didn't, because it didn't happen.
Why was Palestine partitioned?
In 1947, two Security Council members, the United States and the Soviet Union, reached agreement that Palestine was to be divided. In November, a UN Special Committee on Palestine presented a report to the General Assembly, with a majority advocating division, but a minority advocating a unitary state based on democracy. A two-thirds majority vote was necessary for partition to be supported by the United Nations. After intense pressure by USA and USSR, this two-thirds majority was achieved.
USSR's representative at Yalta?
The representative for the USSR at Yalta was Joseph Stalin. The US representative was Franklin Roosevelt and the British representative was Winston Churchill.
What happened in 1948 when Palestinians and Israelis were promised countries and who promised them a country?
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the population of Palestine consisted substantially of Muslim and Christian Arabs, plus around 20,000 Jews. Until 1948, Palestine was a British mandated territory and British policy on the territory was informed by the Balfour Declaration of 1917, whereby Palestine would be regarded as a homeland for the Jews, subject to the rights of the Arabs, but would not necessarily be an independent state. By 1939, Britain was moving away from this position, and a white Paper recommended that an Arab state of Palestine be created.In order to force Britain's hand and ensure a favourable outcome, the Jews commenced a program of terrorism, with the Stern Gang as the main participant. In 1946, the British headquarters in the King David Hotel were blown up. By February 1947, the number of British casualties in Palestine has risen sharply and Britain called on the UN to solve the Palestinian problem.At this point, the United States reached agreement with USSR that Palestine was to be divided. In November 1947, a UN Special Committee on Palestine presented a report to the General Assembly, with a majority advocating division, but a minority advocating a unitary state based on democracy. Intense pressure by USA and USSR was necessary to gain the necessary two thirds majority vote for partition.At first, the international solution was for the Palestinians to receive the major portion of the divided territory, but the Jews gradually achieved concessions, until a United Nations "Green Line" was drawn, dividing the territory approximately into two, by means of four sectors which touched at one point, so that a Jew or Palestinian need not cross the other's territory in order to move from one of his two sectors to the other.Some publications that may provide more information include:A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples(2004) by Professor Ilan Pappe (University of Haifa, Israel);The History of Israel (1998) by Professor Arnold Blumberg;Bitter Harvest: A Modern History of Palestine (1989), by Sami Hadawi (official land valuer during the British Mandate)
How did the us and USSR agree in the 1950's?
they were both against the british invasion of Egypt
What are the important countries in the allied force?
British Commonwealth (Basically Britain), USA, China, USSR
Which four countries divided Berlin after world war 2?
The US , British , French and USSR .
Why doesn't Stalin react when Germany eventually invades the USSR?
Stalin did react to the invasion of the Germans. He sent troops he just did not send ALL his troops. He held back because he wanted his troops for the eastern front.
Why is the former British Mandate of Palestine divided between a Jewish State and an Arab State?
By international law, the Ottoman Empire took the territory from the Seljuks and Abbassids by internationally recognized conquest. The territory was ceded to the British as a Mandate by the Ottomans as a term of surrender in World War I. (Even though the British had promised the territory to both the Arabs and Jews during the War, neither promise is legally binding.) According to the terms of the Mandate, even though the British were in control, the League of Nations had official jurisdiction. In the League of Nations Mandate, specifically in Article 6, the British Mandate for Palestine spoke clearly in saying that Palestine should be a "Jewish National Homeland".In keeping with this requirement, the British allowed for increased Jewish migration to Palestine. As a result, the Jewish Settlers or Zionists or Halutzim began to create settlements called the Yishuv and mixed with the indigenous Palestinian Jews to form a singular Jewish community. The Halutzim began build an economy in what had previously been an Ottoman backwater. The Zionists consistently reached out to Arabs during the Mandatory Period to create collective society. The Bedouins responded well, especially in the Galilee, as did the Druze. The Settled Arabs or Fellahin (who would become the Palestinians) did not wish to mix with the Zionists.The Fellahin were quite adamant about not giving the Yishuv any land or space as soon as it became clear in the late 1920s that the Jews intended and would soon realize their own state apparatus. They attacked the Yishuv in Hebron in 1929, scalping and beating many Jewish inhabitants. The Yishuv retaliated and the fights between the Fellahin and the Yishuv continued throughout the 1930s and 1940s relatively sporadically. The Fellahin organized militias to attack other Jewish settlements, they petitioned the British government to prevent Jewish immigration (resulting in the White Papers of 1939 which banned Jewish immigration during the entire Holocaust when a place of refuge was most necessary), and consistently fought against Jewish Militias who were targeting the British colonizers instead of uniting to overthrow the British before trying to decide a resolution.As a result of being unable to impose authority and power on the fighting Yishuv and Fellahin, in 1947, the British gave direct authority to the League of Nations' successor, the United Nations, in accordance with the terms of their Mandate, to determine a resolution. The UN passed the 1947 Partition Plan (UNGA Resolution 181 (II)) that gave both a Jewish State and an Arab State the Right to Declare Statehood. The fact that the Arabs decided not to immediately declare such a state does not make the Israeli declaration any less valid. (It is important to note that Palestine did declare statehood on these grounds in 1988, which further cements the legality of this view.)While the USA and USSR did push for many countries to support the Partition Plan in 1947, the Arabs "helped" by being completely intransigent to any Jewish rights to self-rule or even autonomy. As a result, the UN Special Committee on Palestine, the UN commission sent to evaluate the Palestinian Mandate Controversy, left the Mandate of Palestine voting 9 to 3 in favor of a partition (which is why UNGA Resolution 181 (II) was proposed in the first place).Abba Eban, one of the leading Zionist envoys and future Israeli Representative to the United Nations, noted in his biography that Arab intransigence helped to make the Zionist case to the United Nations in three critical ways.(1) They showed that it would be impossible to negotiate with the Arabs. If the Arabs were not willing to reach a moderated solution on this issue, then it was not likely that they would be willing to negotiate with the Yishuv in a singular state. This would eventually lead to the Yishuv being discriminated against more openly by a dominant Arab State. The Israelis pointed this out to show a need for a Jewish State. Many UN States agreed with this analysis.(2) It made the Zionists look better because they were willing to compromise, whereas the Arabs were not.(3) The Arabs rejected any possibility of a divided Palestine and therefore did not send representatives to UN meetings on Partition and even the international group set to go to Mandatory Palestine to determine conditions on the ground. This allowed Eban, the Zionist representative, to show the representatives what he wanted to show them and help color their opinions.
What 4 countries where the allied forces?
The main allies were the United States, British Empire, USSR and China.
