Who was responsible for the creation of Israel? March 25, 2010.

The West, particularly the British, were responsible for the creation of Israel. For one, the Jews in Europe and particularly in Britain had been pushing for assistance in establishing a Jewish homeland, and when the British implied in a very vague and ambiguous manner in the Balfour Declaration that they would do such, this encouraged mass immigration to Palestine. The UN and Britain were responsible for the land being divided up amongst the Jews and Arabs and pretty soon, the United States expressed their support for Israel. The Jews gained military and experience from the British that they would later use in fighting for the land that they wanted, and they ended up getting that land, and eventually Israel was established. Without the Balfour Declaration to imply that the Jews could settle in Palestine, there would never have been a mass immigration there that would have been sufficient enough to develop a Jewish community that would push for their own country there, so that was the initial spark that enabled everything else to happen as it did. Without the British and their military training, the Jews could not have successfully fought against the Arabs and been able to get the land they wanted either. I see the West as a key reason why Israel was able to become what it is today.