HIS 1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Peel Commission, Deir Yassin Massacre, David Ben-Gurion
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Background: brief history of palestine and zionism: the origin of the modern state of israel lies in europe and the tide of anti- Semitism that emerged during the late nineteenth century in the wake of the nationalist fervor sweeping over the region: after ww1, the british had control over palestine. The modern state of israel revived an ancient legacy, but the descendants of the. Hebrews had been evicted from their historic home almost two millenia ago. While they retained their distinctive culture, they had become mostly a european people, with yiddish as their predominant language: the jews were mostly driven out by the romans, and over time the arab groups settled in the land. Jews and the land of israel: arabs in palestine, after the maccabee revolt, jews were evicted from judea and their peoples were exiled and scattered largely in urban communities throughout the roman empire.