How do countries such as Britain and the United States support the Zionist movement?

19 14, World War I broke out. In order to defeat Germany, disintegrate the Ottoman Empire and dominate the Middle East, Britain won the support of Arabs on the condition that it recognized and supported the Arabs of the Ottoman Empire to establish an independent country including Palestine after the war.

However, Britain signed the Essex-Picol Agreement with France to deal with the post-war Ottoman territory behind the Arabs' backs. In addition to dividing the spheres of influence of the two countries, the agreement also stipulates that Palestine is under "international control." Then in19171KLOC-0/month, Britain published the Beffeur Declaration in support of Zionism and supported Jews to establish a Jewish state in Palestine.

1917165438+16 British troops invaded Palestine and occupied the whole territory in September. 19 18. 1920, the League of Nations granted Britain "mandated sovereignty" to administer Palestine. 192 1 year, on the grounds of implementing the beafler declaration, the British government adopted the policy of divide and rule, and divided Palestine into east and west with the Jordan River as the boundary: the east was called foreign Jordan, which fostered a puppet regime; To the west is Palestine, ruled directly by a British-appointed governor.

With the support of Britain, Jews began to move into Palestine on a large scale, especially after the Bev Declaration and the announcement of the British Mandate, the number of Jewish immigrants in Palestine doubled. With their abundant capital and technology, and the protection of the British appointed ruling authorities, Jewish immigrants established many cities and industries in Palestine, which dealt a great blow to Arab industry and commerce. Jews also established secret armed groups such as Hagana, Ilgon and Stern Group. Therefore, the contradictions and conflicts between Arabs and Jews are getting worse and worse.

The United States, with millions of Jews, supported Zionism from the beginning. As early as 19 17 and 10, American President Wilson expressed his support for the draft Beaver Declaration to the British government. On June1919 65438+1October 2 1 day, the United States put forward the "Proposal on Establishing an Independent Palestinian State" at the Paris Peace Conference. "Once the Jewish state became a reality, the League of Nations immediately recognized Palestine as a Jewish state." On June 30th, 1922, the US Congress formally passed a resolution supporting the Beafler Declaration. At the same time, the economy began to penetrate into Palestine. In order to expand the sphere of influence of the United States in the Middle East, during the Second World War, the United States strongly supported Zionism and rejected Britain. From 1943 to 1945, the US Congress passed resolutions and declarations in favor of unrestricted Palestinian immigration and the establishment of a Jewish state, but at the same time it deepened the contradiction between Arabs and Jews.