This is my final blog post. And in class we moved passed the crusades and into 20th century! We see Jerusalem become a holy city for the Jewish people again and they population in the city was able to increase a lot. Now during World War I its the Ottomans and Germany against France and Britain (guess who wins?! THE BRITS! TAKE THAT HITLER!) So then the Ottoman empire is broken up into areas of control and Britain gets Palestine, Jordan, and South Iraq. The British create the British Mandate which promises to protect all places of holy faith. So the Brits are in control but their are so many people and faiths in this area its hard to keep anything under control.
They try to settle the violence between Arabs and Jews with a two state solution. It would have been Arabs getting Central Hills, West Bank, and Negev, while Jews would have gotten Galilee, Upper Jordan and Negev; Jerusalem would have been a neutral "international city". The Zionist thought this plan was the most minimal plan but they accepted but the Arabs rejected it. So the fighting begins. there is the War of Independence (Arab-Israeli War 1948-1949), the British leave and the Jordanians arrive. the UN arranges a truce and Israel and Jordan sign armistice. Jordanians get West Bank. There are new players but basically war is still going on today because people in control want more so the majority of populations have to suffer! WAR IS RIDICULOUS!! the people in power use everyone else like their personal risk game! I agree, (sounds wimpy) but everyone should just have peace.
