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Following World War I, the separation of Palestinian territories from the Ottoman Empire and their transfer to British control represented not merely a change in political authority but also the beginning of a new era of conflict. In the 1917 Balfour Declaration, Britain formally pledged to the world’s Jewish population the establishment of “a national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine. This statement directly contradicted promises of independence made to Arabs during the war. The British

Following World War I, the separation of Palestine from the Ottoman Empire and its transfer to British control represented not merely a political transition but also the beginning of a new era of conflict. In the 1917 Balfour Declaration, Britain formally pledged to the world’s Jewish population the establishment of “a national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine. This statement directly contradicted promises of independence made to Arabs during the war. The British administration, by makin