Israel is an illegal illegitimate country that should not have it's own sovereign existence
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46-50, F
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Graylight · 51-55, F
@eMortal Not quite. While the year of independent statehood is correct, there has been a settlement in Israel for thousands of years. From 1517 to 1917, what is today Israel, along with much of the Middle East, was ruled by the Ottoman Empire.
But World War I dramatically altered the geopolitical landscape in the Middle East. In 1917, British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour submitted a letter of intent supporting the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. The British government hoped that the formal declaration—known as the Balfour Declaration—would encourage support for the Allies in World War I.
When World War I ended in 1918 with an Allied victory, the 400-year Ottoman Empire rule ended, and Great Britain took control over what became known as Palestine (modern-day Israel, Palestine and Jordan).
The British controlled Palestine until Israel, in the years following the end of World War II, became an independent state in 1947.
But World War I dramatically altered the geopolitical landscape in the Middle East. In 1917, British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour submitted a letter of intent supporting the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. The British government hoped that the formal declaration—known as the Balfour Declaration—would encourage support for the Allies in World War I.
When World War I ended in 1918 with an Allied victory, the 400-year Ottoman Empire rule ended, and Great Britain took control over what became known as Palestine (modern-day Israel, Palestine and Jordan).
The British controlled Palestine until Israel, in the years following the end of World War II, became an independent state in 1947.