Essay On Palestine

The land of Palestine has been known historically for thousands of years. It is usually used to refer to the land that falls between the Mediterranean Sea to the west and the Jordan river to the east, and possibly other neighboring lands. Jews and some Christians refer to the same land as the "Land of Israel" or the "Holy Land". The name Palestine came about because the "Philistine" people were among the earliest known people to inhabit this land.

Being located at the crossroads between several major civilizations, including the Egyptians to the west, Babylonians to the east and Romans to the north and west, Palestine was invaded and inhabited by many different peoples through the ages. The Bible also identifies this land as being the "Promised Land", which God instructed Moses and his followers to emigrate to after they left Egypt. The same story appears in the holy Qur 'an as well.

It is believed that the Israelites, under the leadership of Moses, arrived in the land of Palestine in the 12th - 13th century BCE. The United Kingdom of Israel was established, but was later split up into the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah. At the same time, there were several other kingdoms of the original inhabitants of Palestine

In December of 1917, the British captured Jerusalem and by 1918 all of Palestine fell under British rule. In 1917, British Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour issued the "Balfour Declaration of 1917", promising to establish a Jewish state in the land of Palestine for the first time in over 2000 years. At this time, the British instituted a policy of facilitating Jewish immigration to Palestine. The rate of Jewish immigration to Palestine accelerated during and after World War II, and many of those immigrating to Palestine were Holocaust survivors. This policy was therefore supported by other powers including the United States and