In 1948 Jews set up Israel in part of what country?

Answer 1

Answer 1

In 1948 The Jewish Areas of Palestine and the Arab Areas of Palestine split into

two countries; however the Palestinians didn't accept this split.

Answer 2

The British mandate of Palestine, an overseas possession of the British Empire (and therefore not a country), was created after World War I after the defeat of the Turkish Ottoman Empire.

The intention was to create a "national home of the Jews" within the area of Palestine without compromising the status of the existing majority Arab population. Quite how this was expected to happen is one of the great mysteries of British foreign policy.

By the time the British Mandate ran out, various schemes had been proposed to divide the land between the Jewish and Arab population but both sides rejected every idea. Once the British left, the issue was decided by force of arms after the unilateral declaration of a Jewish State. The Jews eventually gained control of the majority of Palestine, with the exception of the West Bank territory and the Gaza Strip. This area was recognized by the UN security council as the State of Israel.

The remainder of Palestine was annexed by Jordan (West Bank) and Egypt (Gaza), leaving the Palestinian people in a stateless limbo, which was further complicated by the 1967 occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.

Answer 3

While agreeing with much of what Answer 2 brings up, the following issues are worth clarifying.

When discussing how Israel arose after the British departure, and saying that the issue was decided by force of arms, it is worth pointing out that there was a simultaneous invasion of Israel by the massed armies of ALL the surrounding countries plus Iraq, followed by unexpected Israeli victory and survival after the unilateral declaration of a Jewish State. In addition to the recognition of the State of Israel afforded by the UN security council, the UN General Assembly recognized Israel as a nation and admitted it as a full UN member less than a year later.

The stateless limbo that the Palestinians found themselves in is not only due to Israeli action. All of the Arab countries that Palestinians fled to also declined to grant them citizenship and continue to decline them citizenship. The issue of Palestinian citizenship and a political future was complicated by the 1967 occupation of the West Bank and Gaza by Israel, and by the Hamas split with the Palestinian Authority and armed takeover of Gaza following the 2006 Israeli withdrawal.

Answer 2

I believe that it was in the former state of Palestine. The land was provided to the Jews as their homeland after the Holocaust and were supported by the US (they still are). That is why there is so much conflict still between the Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Palestinians have no land dedicated to them now but these two places are where they live), as they believe that Isrealis took their land away unfairly and so the most radical use suicide bombs.