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This 4 page paper considers the Arab-Israeli War that occurred in 1947-1948 and argues that nationalist movements may be sufficient causes for the conflict. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Zionist and Arab/Palestinian nationalist movements are enough to explain the Arab-Israeli War of 1947-1948 or if there are other factors to consider as well. Discussion The answer to the question
of nationalist causes of the war depends largely on how we define our terms. If we define "nationalism" as the Jewish desire for a nation of their own, then it
is not enough; if we define "nationalism" as the actual creation of a Jewish state by taking land from Palestinians, then it is a sufficient motive. Lets explore this point,
namely, the repercussions of the decision of the United Nations to take land from the Arabs to create the nation of Israel, despite vehement protests against the establishment of the
new Jewish state. The nation of Israel came into being in 1947 as a result of the United Nations decision to "partition Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states
the following year. (The Arab state never came into existence) (Miller, 2001). At the time of the UN decision, the population of Palestine was approximately 1,237,000 Arabs and 608,000 Jews;
in the area of Palestine designated to become Israel "the population consisted of some 500,000 Jews and 330,000 Arabs" (Miller, 2001). The question is how could a country with such
a huge Arab minority become a Jewish nation? (Miller, 2001). Miller says simply, "it could not" (Miller, 2001). The conflict that would arise between Arabs and Jews over the creation
of Israel was "foreseen from the beginning. Theodor Herzl, the father of political Zionism, articulated the Zionist colonial plan in his 1896 book Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State)" (Miller, 2001).
Herzl recognized that no one would surrender their homeland voluntarily, and wrote that any attempt at infiltration would "end badly It continues until the inevitable moment when the native population
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