Summary - During WWI, the Ottoman Empire which had sided with the Central Powers ruled over vast lands in the Middle East. The Treaty of Versailles gave Great Britain and France control over the region which proceeded to carve out nations that make up Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq. Eventually the Balfour Deceleration would help establish the Jewish state of Israel in Palestine. Blog Assignment - Choose a current conflict in Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Syria or Lebanon and discuss how its problems trace back to the end of WWI. Propose a diplomatic (non-violent) solution to solve the problem (example: creating a Palestinian state in Israel along specified boundaries...)
A major topic going on today is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. After the horrors of the holocaust, people felt Jews should have their own homeland. Britian seeing how much they suffered promised them a homeland post World War II. Another reason was their sacred land was where Jesus was. Also it was their land previously so britain thought they should get it back. This land was taken from Arabics living in palestine and given to the Jews. The Arabs living their were angered and conflicts emerged because they felt they should not give land to the Jews because of what happened. A smart resolution is to give all the area around jerusalem to jews so they can live there. Another idea is to split the area in half and have the two groups take sides. If this fails then both groups should unite and make a country for themselves to ive in. If this works then everybody could live peacefully, and end the conflicts. That is how this conflict can be solved.
A major topic going on today is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. After the horrors of the holocaust, people felt Jews should have their own homeland. Britian seeing how much they suffered promised them a homeland post World War II. Another reason was their sacred land was where Jesus was. Also it was their land previously so britain thought they should get it back. This land was taken from Arabics living in palestine and given to the Jews. The Arabs living their were angered and conflicts emerged because they felt they should not give land to the Jews because of what happened. A smart resolution is to give all the area around jerusalem to jews so they can live there. Another idea is to split the area in half and have the two groups take sides. If this fails then both groups should unite and make a country for themselves to ive in. If this works then everybody could live peacefully, and end the conflicts. That is how this conflict can be solved.
