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Originally posted by debaser
Actually the fight was started with the Balfour declaration, which basically stated that Jews should have the land that Arabs were fighting and dying for against the Turks. The Jewish population of Palestine was insignificant prior to 1897, though the Jews who were living there did so in harmony with their neighbors.
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And the English also forgot their promise to the Palastinians that they would give them a homeland if they helped fight. Anyone see Lawrence of Arabia?