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==Modern History==
==Modern History==
The breakup of the [[Ottoman Empire]] after their defeat in [[World War I]] saw the region come under the control of [[Great Britain]]. While there was always a Jewish remnant who never left, Jewish re-emigration to the area increased under the tolerant eyes of the British. This increased after the atrocities of World War II and the areas were given their independence with Palestine being divided into separate Jewish and Arab nations, the Jewish nation being called Israel and the Arab Palestine. A war broke out in which the Jews expanded their borders and the Arab nation of Palestine was absorbed by Jordan. Hostility between the Arabs and Jews continued and in 1967 Israel conquered the West Bank from Jordan, taking the bulk of the Jewish land that had been the "Palestinian state". UN resolution 242 called for the Israeli removal from that land, but it did not occur. Attempts to hold Israel accountable were vetoed in the Security Council by the United States. Although the land was part of Jordan, Jordan relinquished its rights in the 1980s telling the Israelis to speak with the Palestinian Arabs directly.
The breakup of the [[Ottoman Empire]] after their defeat in [[World War I]] saw the region come under the control of [[Great Britain]]. While there was always a Jewish remnant who never left, Jewish re-emigration to the area increased under the tolerant eyes of the British. This increased after the atrocities of World War II and the areas were given their independence with Palestine being divided into separate Jewish and Arab nations, the Jewish nation being called Israel and the Arab Palestine.
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Over 760,000 Palestinians - estimated today to number 4.7 million with their descendants - fled or were driven out of their homes in the conflict that followed Israel's creation. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/05/2011515649440342.html]
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A war broke out in which the Jews expanded their borders and the Arab nation of Palestine was absorbed by Jordan. Hostility between the Arabs and Jews continued and in 1967 Israel conquered the West Bank from Jordan, taking the bulk of the Jewish land that had been the "Palestinian state". UN resolution 242 called for the Israeli removal from that land, but it did not occur. Attempts to hold Israel accountable were vetoed in the Security Council by the United States. Although the land was part of Jordan, Jordan relinquished its rights in the 1980s telling the Israelis to speak with the Palestinian Arabs directly.
Today's Palestinian Arabs are children, grandchildren of [[Arab]] immigrants from the surrounding nations <ref>http://www.peacefaq.com/palestinians.html</ref><ref>http://www.meforum.org/article/522</ref>
Today's Palestinian Arabs are children, grandchildren of [[Arab]] immigrants from the surrounding nations <ref>http://www.peacefaq.com/palestinians.html</ref><ref>http://www.meforum.org/article/522</ref>