I'll just do it point by point: The beginning of Zionism organization was in 1800s, from few of Jews, who were looking to defend Jews interests, because of the anti-jews in europe and in the world. Yes. Generally the small secular elite. At the same time as other nationalist movements were forming in Europe, such as in Italy or Germany with the aim to create a unified state. so, they wanted to create such a state for Jews, to gether them and have privat and liberty from control of other nations. Yes. Even old european empires encouraged them, because of many reasons, and they offered them many regions to create their state 'Kynia,,,,,,,,), but they refused, and they wanted palestine, and they explain that by things happened before 3000 years. Yes. and to make their dream a reality, they worked with UK and other occupiers to make it on the ground, first think they did is to prepere the land to be occupied by UK empire, and later let the jews move their, and later control it. Zionists tried to negociate with whoever was in control of the land. First with the Ottomans, who sort of nodded in favour of it, then later with the British, who agreed by forming the Balfour Declaration. ALL during this time however, Zionist Jews, as well as non-Zionist Jews had already been moving there, and buying land in several places and working on it. In 1854, Jews were already the largest religious group in Jerusalem. By 1870, they were again the majority of te city's population.
and to control this piece of land, they had a problem with people who live there, so the first worry is to make the majority of this people leave this land using all ways and method, which were iligal. NO. The Zionist idea was to settle the land and live on it with the creation of a Jewish state, but never to throw out the people that were already living there. Bringing most of the Europe's or the world's Jews would have brought a majority in whatever area they controlled anyway. It's also false to claim that the Zionists were trying to control and take over all of what was once the former province of Palestine. They accepted the UN partition plan which saw it shared between Arabs and Jews It's also important to point out that there were both Jewish and Arab majority areas. Tel Aviv was a city that was founded by Jewish settlers, and did not exist before Jewish settlers arrived. Jewish settlement did not displace Arabs. That is the consensus by most historians. http://www.mideastweb.org/palpop.htm
What happened in 1948 was a surprise to Zionists as well, when the Palestinians left en masse.
because of the occupation of our lands, and the politics that they follow to throw our people, and destroy our people and control our holy land and mosques. I think the Arab nations were more instrumental, through their encouragement, at throwing out the Palestinian Arabs than the Zionists. Here are the number of reasons given for the Palestinian exodus: 1. to escape the war 2.Because wealthy Arab leaders had left, and without leadership the Arab communities fell apart. 3.Because Arab leaders encouraged the masses to get out of the way of the advancing rab armies, promising that victory would be quick and they could soon return. 4. Tales of alleged Israeli atrocities caused panic (ex: stories of rapes and murders of pregnant women by Israeli soldiers) 5. In some cases, Israeli troops forced Arab residents from their homes in sensitive, strategic zones vital to the survival of the Jewish State. As is probably clear to most people who know Israel and its politics, the Al Aqsa mosque is not under Israeli control, but under the control of the Muslim waqf.
|