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The tragedy of the Holocaust during WWII provided an ample amount of sympathy toward the Jewish race, and with the establishment of the newly formed United Nations, the world body (minus some key states) looked to solve the dilemma in Palestine once Britain signified that it no longer wanted anything to do with it.
The UN constructed a plan to divide Palestine into two states โ Israel and Palestine. The Israelis where thrilled at the prospect of having their own modern nation. The indigineous Palestinians and the surrounding Arab countries were outraged at either the map configurations of the countries which ceded much of the best land to the Israelis or they were infuriated by the thought that the Jews deserved any of the land.
Israel, buoyed by the declarations in the United Nations, declared Independence in 1948. All surrounding Arab nations immediately declared war onโฆ
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