Initial Conquest

             Palestine was first conquered in 1516 by The ottoman Empire who defeated the Mamelukes and Palestine became a part of the Ottoman Empire. Palestine in 1916 appalled against the ottomans and in hope that that Britain would help Palestine have independence in the Middle East. In which now they had been controlled under the British Mandate. In 1944, Many Arab Leaders had said: "[1] The situation should not be resolved by inflicting another injustice at the expense of Palestinian Arabs, or by making Germany's crimes." [2]The Zionists were better prepared than the Palestinians in which resulted to war. Now, when the United Nations projected a partition in November, 1947, the Jews accepted it, while the Arabs rejected it. A war ensued in which the Palestinians were defeated. When the nation of Israel was established in 1948, five Arab armies came to the aid of the Palestinians and immediately attacked. The Arabs in Palestine later said that Palestine was in the same area that had guaranteed to them. However, Britain denied/said their statement had been false. Now they have been somewhat conquered by Israel. In 1956-67 and war broke out once the British had withdrawn from Palestine. In 1967, the war ended but at a great cost to the Palestinians and the Jewish people. However, the country Palestine was not the same, Israel had conquered the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and Palestine was now under control of Israeli government. 1962: A Palestinian man said: "The Jews Have one, What else is there to say."  [3]

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[1] The World Book Encyclopedia, s.v. "Palestine"

[2] Ibid,. "Palestine"

[3] Segev, Tom. "One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs under the British Mandate." New York: Metropolitan Books, 2000.