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- 4. This dissolution of this empire after WWI was treated by Great Britain and France as spoils of war ]
- 8. This organization was tasked with partitioning Palestine in 1947
- 9. The Arab-Israeli War of 1948-1949 created millions of Palestinian
- 11. This event brought worldwide sympathy and interest to the creation of a Jewish homeland.
- 13. This city is holy to both Jews, Christians and Muslims
- 15. ____ -determination means that people have the right to choose under which government they want to live.
- 17. The territory comprised of the eastern Mediterranean region, comprising parts of modern Israel and the Palestinian territories
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- 1. A 19th century nationalist movement. When European Jews called for a plan for Jews to move back to Palestine.
- 2. Name given to the British declaration of support for the “establishment in Palestine of a National Home for the Jewish people.”
- 3. The holiest spot for Jews in Jerusalem, which is the site of the last Jewish Temple
- 5. Great Britain was given control over Palestine, which is called this, similar to a colony.
- 6. A group of people who share a heritage, a culture, or perhaps a system of beliefs.
- 7. When Jews left Palestine and scattered throughout the Middle East and the Mediterranean region.
- 10. This broke out immediately after Israel was created
- 12. A large ethnic group referring to those who speak Arabic as their native tongue
- 14. The secret agreement between France and Great Britain which called for the division of Ottoman Empire lands in the Middle East after World War I
- 16. The territory that borders with the Mediterranean Sea that is comprised mostly of a Palestinian population