SS7H2b - Explain the historical reasons for the establishment of
the modern State of Israel in 1948; include the Jewish religious
connection to the land, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and Zionism
in Europe.
Concepts:
Conflict Creates Change
Conflict Resolution
Movement
Vocabulary Words To Know:
 Anti-Semitism
 Balfour Declaration
 Holocaust
 Law of Return
 Palestine
 State of Israel
 United Nations
 Zionism
ZIONISM
Movement to create a Jewish state (country) in the Arab lands of Palestine
in the Middle East region.
BALFOUR DECLARATION
• Statement issued by the British government in 1917 in favor of a Jewish
state located in Palestine
Balfour Declaration in 1917 "His Majesty's Government view with favor the establishment in Palestine
of a national home for the
Jewish people...”
-
James Balfour
The movement to return Jews to their ancient homeland in the Middle East
is known as ZIONISM
PALESTINE—a religious connection for Jews
• Region of land claimed by the Arab Palestinians as their homeland for many centuries; HOWEVER,
the Jews have what they claim as the original religious connection to the land.
• Region important to Jews, Christians, and Muslims because this is where much of what is written in
the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the Qur’an took place. There are many religious sites in
Palestine sacred to all three religions. The most important of these is Jerusalem.
1920 Mandate for Jewish Palestine
1922 Mandate for Jewish Palestine and Arab Palestine
ANTI-SEMITISM
• Prejudice (dislike for a group of people)
• Discrimination (unfair treatment of a group of people)
• Dislike, unfair treatment, and hostility toward Jews (people belonging to
the Jewish ethnic group and believing in Judaism)
HOLOCAUST
• The systematic plan by German leader Adolph Hitler and his Nazi Party
to murder all Jews prior and during World War II in Germany and Poland
– planned genocide
Hitler and the Holocaust
Holocaust during 1940s WWII
Anti-Semitism to Genocide
UNITED NATIONS
•
An international organization composed of most of the countries of the
world. It was founded in 1945 to promote peace, security, and economic
development.
STATE OF ISRAEL
• In 1947, the United Nations approved the partition of Palestine into two
states, one Jewish and one Arab.
• On May 14,1948, the state of Israel declared independence and this was
followed by a war with the surrounding Arab states, which refused to
accept the UN plan.
LAW OF RETURN
• States that Jews anywhere in the world can immigrate to Israel and
become citizens