Policy Brief 27/12/2023
After World War I, the winning alliance decided to partition the Ottoman Empire. They
decided to divide the conquered nations among themselves. The Palestinian region
was taken over by the British. In 1918, the League of Nations accepted the British
mandate over the Palestinian region, i.e., allowing Britain to take control over the
administration of the region. The mandate also included a provision regarding the
establishment of a Jewish state in the region. During Hitler’s rule over Germany,
Jewish people suffered Holocaust which almost extinguished the Jewish nation. The
Holocaust sufferings put more weight on the Jewish peoples’ claim towards the land
in Palestine.
