Britains Small Wars - Palestine (1945-1948)

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With the assistance of the Arabs the British in 1917-18 took Palestine from the Turks near the end of WW1 The Arabs assisted the British because they were led to understand they would be independent at the end of hostilities. Unfortunately the British had also made promises to the Jews and the two promises were not compatible.The Balfour Declaration of the 2nd of November 1917 was originally a letter sent from the British Foreign Secretary, Arthur James Balfour to Edmond J Rothchild, a prominent British Jew and Zionist supporter. The letter stated the British Governments support for “ the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.