Israel and The British

In this post I am going to attempt to talk a little about the conflict that is Israel (with the help of Wikipedia).  I think it’s probably the most hotly debated global issue that involves specific populations, and it was started (not exactly true, but for the purposes of MEH it was) after World War I and the British’s secret treaty that promised many people of Jewish heritage a safe haven in Israel, which was enacted upon when the British allowed the Jewish population to increase in Israel after that had taken control of it.  This is countered by the fact that Arab people had been living in Israel for the past 1300 years, and saw the take over of Jewish people as a horrible result from their help to the British during World War I.  This conflict had, and continues to have, huge ramifications across the world, and especially in the Middle East.  It put the British in a very difficult position, because it neither succumb to the Arab Nationalism, especially considering the rise of Hitler, who threatened the Jewish people, and leave the Jewish nation out to dry, but it couldn’t give the Jewish people complete control and absolutely embitter and anger the Arabs who had been living in the region for so long.  The British in some ways were saved from having to figure it out completely, because the problem was passed along to the United Nations after the Allied victory.  During the period between WWI and WWII, the British essentially tried to play the middle ground and hope that both sides would be comfortable with some sort of compromise.  But, as can been seen currently, the two sides were never able to be satisfied at the same time, and the British were left to try to make the best of a situation they had caused themselves by issuing conflicting promises.