The short version is, the Brits mass-deported the Jews to the Middle East and told the native population to eat shit when they expressed objections. If it were just British Jews, it would be one thing. It was a mass deportation of ALL European Jews, which is already a tall order. It also doesn't help that basically anyone not white and not born in a white nation were pretty much under the heel of British Imperialism which... yeah, let's not open another folder. Anyways, to conclude this "short" story, take about 60 years of the Palestinian's peacefully requesting mediation by their former oppressors and/or the US, being ignored, getting frustrated, being used for proxy wars, and eventually deciding that violence is an option, and here we are. Also, there was that time that Bill Gates DID get both sides to agree to peace, but, yeah.
So, once again, it all started with the British and Hitler. Funny how those two things seem to be behind basically every modern issue ever.
Ah Bob talking his usual ignorant bollocks.
Blah blah Balfour Declaration, it was total bullshit that was nearly completely forgotten about post WW1 because the British no longer needed a disruptive influence to keep the former Ottaman empire from reuniting, and they found the Saudis and Iranians and, I think, the Syrians were more than happy to sell them the oil they needed - and they certainly didn't want to piss off their new oil rich friends (or Egypt) by dumping their ancient enemy there.
There was actually another agreement made with the Arabs for a united Arabia post defeat of the Ottomans, which also wasn't upheld.
Contrary to popular internet belief, the British did not create the Jewish state of Israel in WW2, they were given a temporary mandate over Palestine.
When that mandate ended they came up with two plans, the first was to give some areas (jewish and arab) autonomy with the British extending their mandate (with slightly less but still direct power). The USA was not in favour of this so it was rejected (because the USA's objective after WW2 became to dismantle the former colonial powers in order to have no challengers to their own new hegemony)
A second plan was devised which was that after the mandate Palestine would be a two party state with a Jewish and Arab council and any decisions would need to be approved by a majority in both.
Initially this was supported by the USA until the Zionist lobby in the USA told President Truman that if he didn't support them in their quest for a single Jewish state they would support his opponent in the next election instead.
By this point in time the British had passed the decisions to the UN because they were having issues with other parts of the empire.
The UN (especially the Arab League members) heavily favoured the compromise of two-states plan but America went ahead of declared recognition for the Jewish state of Israel instead.
This caused a huge flood of the European Jews into Palestine (far more than the British were willing to allow), the British prevented their entry and had to start shoving them in [concentration] camps in Cyprus.
A 'civil' war between the Jews and Arabs started, so the British enforced a weapons embargo on Palestine.
Because of their continued resistance to the creation of the Jewish state, the British became an enemy of the Zionists and so the Zionist Insurgents made several attacks against the British Forces stationed there, the most famous of which was the
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which was the HQ of the British Mandate (and fuck me in took a long time for wikipedia to acknowledge it as a terror attack), as well as the assassination of the British Minister of the Middle East and the bombing of the British Officer's Club.
So next time, before opening your cock holster and spouting vitriol,
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