What is the story of the birth of Israel? And what is its relationship with the British elderly?

In 1915, British Prime Minister Herbert sat in Buckingham Palace and faced a map of the Middle East with several ministers in front of him. Finally, Prime Minister Herbert decided to use a pencil to point at the map a few kilometers away from the British mainland. Thousands of miles away, a dividing line has been drawn in the Middle East. This line starts from a city called Acre on the left side of the Middle East and finally continues to Kirkuk.

The First World War had not yet ended, but the British could not wait to carve up the overseas territories of the Ottoman Empire. The line drawn by the British Prime Minister is to sit at the dinner table with France, establish the Ottoman Middle East territory as the sphere of influence between the two countries, and formally divide this delicious big cake.

The line dividing the forces between the two countries drawn by the British Prime Minister was recognized by the French. In the end, the two countries signed the "Sykes-Pickett Secret Agreement" in May of the following year, dividing this line. reflected in formal agreement documents.

An old British man, thousands of miles away, simply drew a line that would create the birth of the only Jewish state in the world, Israel. What line did the old British man draw? A country can be born from this. Next, let’s talk about the story behind the birth of Israel.

1. The Duplicitous British

The Jews have always been in a very embarrassing position in Europe. They have no suzerain country of their own. The Jews travel among various European countries. Most of them Make a living by becoming a businessman, craftsman, etc. But to Europeans, Jews are complete outsiders. They not only occupy local positions, but also play the role of "private bankers" for a long time in order to make profits.

Jews, who are disliked wherever they go in Europe, of course want to find a paradise for the Jews. They first invested in colonial North America with a foresighted vision, and occupied a certain position in the United States, which was still in its development period. However, it was not enough for the large number of Jewish groups, and Jews in North America would still be looked down upon. .

Jews in the eyes of Europeans

At the end of the 19th century, many careerists with the slogan of "Zion" made the entire Jewish community eager to move. They were too eager to have a piece of their own. Territory and establishing your own country will no longer face blind discrimination. They took a world map, looked at Europe from the Americas, and even thought about East Asia. In the end, they desperately discovered that there was no place for Jews to survive in the world.

But at this time, the British extended a helping hand, and the Jews at that time occupied a considerable voice among the upper class in the United States. In order to please the Jewish community in the United States, Britain, which was gradually declining, issued the Balfour Declaration on November 2, 1917. The content was not complicated, but it declared that Britain would help the Jews win a piece of land in Palestine. To help the Jews establish their own sovereign state.

The Balfour Declaration

Are the British really so kind? Don't be naive. This is a completely empty promise. Because the British had previously divided this land to the French in the "Sykes-Pickett Secret Agreement" signed with the French. Of course, no one except Britain and France knew about this secret agreement. In addition to France, the British also promised this land to the local Arabs. As long as the Arabs were willing to resist the Ottoman Empire, the British claimed that this land would also belong to them.

To put it bluntly, the British promised a piece of land to three families, and the Jews were just one of them. But the Jews didn't know that the British still had so many tricks up their sleeves. They really believed the bad check issued by the British without any promise of credit.

For the Jews, this is the only opportunity to establish an independent country after more than 1,900 years, and it is the first time that they have received permission from a major power. This is completely rare. Therefore, regardless of whether it is true or not, a large number of Jews scattered around the world began to migrate to Palestine and began to seek Jewish influence there.

The British are also notoriously thick-skinned. After first discovering oil near the French Kirkuk area, they decided to tear up the agreement they had signed with the French. But the British line still had a considerable impact. On the modern map of the Middle East, the left half of the border between Syria and Iraq is still a straight line, but the right half is a circle drawn north.

The line drawn by the British

Finally, at the San Remo Conference in 1920, the British and the French began to formally divide the spoils, and the British obtained the United States in the form of a mandate. Sopotamia (Iraq) and the territory of Palestine, while the French took Syria.

And the previous commitment to the local Arabs was also the commitment to the establishment of a Jewish state? What the hell is that? I, a member of the British Empire, have never said that! In short, the British regretted it, or had no intention of fulfilling their promise at all.

2. The attack of the Jews

Although the British turned against the Jews and did not give this land to the Jews, they still said that they wanted it because of the shame of the British Empire. When a large number of Jews began to migrate to and settle in Palestine, the British did not intervene or hinder them too much.

With the endorsement of the "Balfour Declaration", the Jews have also vigorously developed their own power in Palestine.

In 1922, there were only about 84,000 Jews in Palestine, accounting for 11% of the total population in Palestine. However, by 1936, the number of Jews in the area exceeded 360,000, accounting for more than 27% of the population.

The British government adopts a relatively loose trusteeship system to govern Palestine. To put it bluntly, it basically ignores the specific local affairs as long as it does not affect British interests. But because there was no suppression by the British government, the conflict between the Jews and the local Arabs became more acute.

The local Arabs are the indigenous people, but the foreign Jews account for almost 30%. How can this keep the Arabs from panic? If this continues, Palestine will no longer be considered a Jewish state, and there will be no Arabs left. right to speak. And because Jews are good at doing business, they almost monopolize most of the Palestinian economic market, which further intensifies the contradiction.

In the face of increasingly tense trends, the Jews finally established a military organization called the Haganah in 1921. In the end, as the conflict between Jews and Arabs continued to escalate, and there was even a military confrontation that resulted in the death and injury of local civilians, and even the British interests here were greatly damaged, it was only then that the British realized the seriousness of the situation.

Haganah

Finally, in 1937, the British proposed the "Peel Partition Plan", which was to divide Palestine into two parts and separate the Jews and Arabs. Avoid conflict. In the British plan, the Jews would get 20% of the land in Palestine to establish a sovereign state belonging to the Jews; while the Arabs would get 70% of the land in Palestine and would merge with Transjordan; while the British would directly rule The remaining 10% of the territory.

But how can the Jews be satisfied? It was you, the British, who wrote in black and white in the "Belfor Declaration" that the entire Palestine would be given to the Jews. As a result, it has now become 20% of the area, only 20% of the area. It’s more than 5,000 square kilometers in size. Isn’t this a lie? But who gave the British a big fist? Even though the Jewish community was dissatisfied, they finally decided to accept the British plan after discussion.

But the Jews accepted it, but the Arabs next door were still not satisfied. After all, Palestine is the land where Arabs have lived for generations. How can it be said that it is now being given to a group of Jews in vain? Moreover, this is a group of pagans who accept different teachings. This is even more intolerable!

Jews

All the Arabs here repeatedly harassed and invaded the Jewish areas. In the end, it was under the forced intervention of the British in 1939 that they became honest. But as luck would have it at this time, the Second World War in Europe was about to hit the British themselves, and they had no energy left to take care of the trivial matters in their overseas territories.

So in order to appease the Arabs, the British finally announced the "White Paper" on the Arabs. The content includes helping the Arabs establish an independent country within ten years, and restricting the annual immigration of the Jewish area next door to no more than 15,000 people.

3. The birth of Israel

During World War II, because the British issued a white paper to the Arabs, the situation in the entire Palestinian area was relatively stable. But it was only after World War II that the mess of Palestine was placed in front of the British.

After World War II, the British national power was greatly consumed, and they have long lost the glory of the empire on which the sun never sets. Now it is the turn of the United States and the Soviet Union to speak in the world. Britain, which has lost its right to speak, is naturally no more powerful than it was on the eve of World War II, and is no longer able to suppress the situation in Palestine.

In addition, the Jews have also received a lot of sympathy from international public opinion. Because throughout World War II, in addition to the persecution of Jews in Europe, Jewish refugee camps across Europe also caused a lot of trouble to local countries. Therefore, the entire international public opinion was biased in favor of the establishment of an independent Jewish state.

Israeli flag

But the Arabs are definitely not willing. We can sympathize with the unfair treatment of you Jews, but the need for land to build a country is not negotiable. The Arabs are not the Germans who persecuted you. If you want land, you should go to the Germans. This was what the Arabs thought at that time.

Facing the influx of Jewish refugees from all over the country into Palestine, the British could only hold their noses and implement the White Paper to limit the number of Jewish immigrants. British warships intercepted a large number of Jewish refugees at sea. But this caused disaster for the British. Angry Jews even attacked the British possessions in Palestine, which once again made the issue of Palestine's ownership more difficult.

No one can take sides, so the British simply threw the issue before the United Nations. The line that the British proudly drew 32 years ago has now become their biggest worry.

It was also the first time that the United Nations accepted a major issue of land ownership. In the end, the Special Investigation Committee established by the United Nations decided to allocate 57% of the land in Palestine to the Jews, while the Arabs received the remaining 43%. %, and the remaining sporadic contact points between the two places will be taken over by the United Nations.

United Nations allocation, green for Israel

The Jews seem to have taken a big advantage, but in fact, of the 57% of land acquired, more than 90% are in the Negev. Deserts, except for oases, are almost completely unsuitable for human survival.

On the other hand, on the Arab side, although the land is smaller, the environment is much better than that of the Jews.

Although the land obtained by the Jews is slightly smaller, it is still 1.5 times larger than the land obtained under the Peel Partition Plan ten years ago. So what else can there be to be dissatisfied about?

On the afternoon of May 14, 1948, Jewish leader Ben-Gurion read out the Declaration of Independence. The Jews, who had been wandering for more than a thousand years, finally had their own sovereign state, and Israel was officially born. On the same day, the United States recognized the legitimacy of Israel, and on the 17th, the Soviet Union also recognized Israel.

4. Modern Israel

After Israel became independent, as the only Jewish state in the world, it existed in the Middle East. Naturally, it was not welcomed by the surrounding Arab countries. However, American Jews are not a small force, and Jewish groups are notoriously united. In addition to wanting to bury nails in the Middle East when the United States aids Israel, high-level Jews in the United States have also contributed a lot.

In 1948, Israel declared its independence at the United Nations

After fighting several Middle East wars, Israel not only did not have its backbone broken, but the Jewish state, which had been wandering for more than a thousand years, actually It became stronger during the Vietnam War and is still a pearl in the Middle East. It is not only the first echelon of the Middle East in terms of military but also economy.

What is even more surprising is that Israel has actually started greening the loess deserts. So far, Israel’s drip irrigation technology is world-class. Relying on the exclusive technology of water-saving agriculture, Israel, a desert country The farming of the people is actually very impressive, which makes people admire the ingenuity of the Jews.

Jerusalem

As a Middle Eastern country, Israel has relied heavily on the assistance of the United States to develop to this day, but it still needs its own hard work. There is no reason why Israel can become a powerful country in the Middle East. The Jews finally have a home of their own, and they have become one of the most powerful countries in the world. This should be the greatest comfort to the Jewish ancestors who shed tears for the independence and establishment of Israel.