Why did the Arabs oppose Jewish settlement?

Answer 1

Arabs did not oppose Jewish settlement as much as they opposed the political implications of Jewish settlement. The Jews who came to Mandatory Palestine were very explicit that they were coming with the intent to create an independent Jewish polity in the territory, which was something that the Arabs did not want.

Answer 2

Because in 1947, in the aftermath of the Second World War, the State of Israel was established in the Arab territory of Palestine.

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Answer 3

Because they saw no reason while those who had been living in the area for 2000 years should surrender their lands to the descendants of those (the Sephardim) who had left it 2000 years before and still less to those (the Ashkenazim) who had no claim on it at all except that of having adopted the religion of the former during the Diaspora.

Additionally, Israel represented many negative things to them such as, Arab repression, Jewish ascendance, Western Imperialism, and Division of the Unified Arab Lands. See the related link for a more in-depth explanation of Palestinian Reasons for opposition which were shared by the leaders of other Arab Nations.

Answer 4

Because the State of Palestine was already in existence at the time.

Answer:

The above is factually inaccurate. Palestine was only declared as a State in the mid-1980s and only recognized as such by the International Community after the Oslo Accords of 1993. The opposition to creating a Jewish State in the Middle East is based on the following: Israel represented many negative things to them such as, Arab repression, Jewish ascendance, Western Imperialism, and Division of the Unified Arab Lands. See the related link for a more in-depth explanation of Palestinian Reasons for opposition which were shared by the leaders of other Arab Nations.

Answer 5

Answer 1
Because MUCH of ISRAEL's borders/boundaries overlapped the State of Palestine; therefore the creation of Israel, is considered by many Palestinians, as the dissolution of the Palestinian State in order to Create Israel.

Answer 2
Arabs both in Palestine and outside of Palestine rejected outright the idea that the Jews should be allowed to form a state in the British Mandate of Palestine. Palestinians were greatly saddened by the creation of the State of Israel because they believed that the land that had physically belonged to their parents and grandparents should have been theirs for inheritance. In their minds, it did not make sense that a group of German, Polish, French, English, and Russian speaking people should claim land that their ancestors had not even visited for centuries. Even by the time of Israel's Declaration of Statehood, less than half of the land within the UN proscribed borders of Resolution 181 was owned by Jews. Therefore, the idea of Jewish State being even more physically expansive than the land already taken was alarming.

Answer 6

Israel represented many negative things to them such as, Arab repression, Jewish ascendance, Western Imperialism, and Division of the Unified Arab Lands. See the related link for a more in-depth explanation of Palestinian Reasons for opposition which were shared by the leaders of other Arab Nations.

Answer 7

Arabs believed that the land that had physically belonged to their parents and grandparents should have been theirs for inheritance. In their minds, it did not make sense that a group of German, Polish, French, English, and Russian speaking people should claim land that their ancestors had not even visited for centuries. Even by the time of Israel's Declaration of Statehood, less than half of the land within the UN proscribed borders of Resolution 181 was owned by Jews. Therefore, the idea of Jewish State being even more physically expansive than the land already taken was alarming.