There is a theory that Israel was created by the United Nations out of pity for the Jewish people and their suffering experienced in the Second World War. You may agree or disagree.
In 1922, the League of Nations granted Britain a mandate over Palestine which called for the establishment of a Jewish homeland to encourage Jewish immigration and Jewish settlement on the land. Naturally, all hell broke loose.
The British decided they could no longer manage Palestine and handed the problem over to the United Nations. On the 29th November 1947, after much debate and discussion, the UN recommended the partition of Palestine into two states, one Jewish and one Arab. The Jews accepted the resolution and the Arabs did not. And there you have it in a nutshell. Did the UN do the right thing and will we ever see a resolution to the problem?
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