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Subsequent to the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I Palestine was under British control and during this time most people living in Palestine were Palestinians. In November 1917, the Balfour Declaration was issued by the British Government announcing that the establishment in Palestine was to be a national home for the Jewish people (“Creation of Israel”, n.d.) In 1922, the League of Nations granted Britain a mandate over Palestine which included, “provisions calling for the establishment of a Jewish homeland, facilitating Jewish immigration and encouraging Jewish settlement on the land” (“Creation of Israel”, n.d.)
During 1933-36 the Nazis gained power in Germany and there was mass Jewish immigration to Palestine as the Jewish sought

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