History 1401E Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Gamal Abdel Nasser, Farouk Of Egypt, Peel Commission
1 Apr 2019
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Influence of british and united states in iraq in the 50s and 60s. Deposing various leaders, hoping to sway them in their own interest. Tried to create a regime in their own interest. British government wrote a letter establishing palestine as a national home for the jewish people. 68% arab and 32% jewish population territory is split in half. Arab saw this as unfair and did not want to recognize the jewish state. The jews argued that they required a national state in order to protect themselves (result of holocaust) Because they accepted the partition, they created the state of israel. Israel was created mostly because of zionism jewish people wanted a home state. Some people argued that israel was created as a result of the holocaust. By 1960-1965, confusing period of shifting alliances settles out to a pattern where the soviet.
