Jessica Fortner

LBST 2101
Mr. Whittaker
April 25, 2014
A Winner Neer !"its
When #eci#in$ %ho "lti&atel' %on the Secon# Worl# War, it(s prett' si&ple. The Allies
%on an# the A)is *o%ers lost. Takin$ it a step +"rther, %ho act"all' ,ene+itte# the &ost +ro& the
o"tco&e o+ Worl# War --. As har# as it &a' ,e to ,eliee, the Je%ish people ca&e o"t on top.
/itler an# the Na0is nee#e# a tar$et to #e+lect criticis& an# $ie the 1er&an people a
co&&on ene&'2 the Je%ish people %ere it. A&on$ other &otiations, the Je%s %ere thriin$
an# the 1er&an econo&' %as s"++erin$ a+ter losin$ WW- an# the Treat' o+ 3ersailles, the' %ere
an eas' choice. Not onl' #i# the 1er&ans hate the&, &an' in the Worl# #i# as %ell or %ere at
least in#i++erent. When Je%ish re+"$ees trie# to seek as'l"& in the 4nite# States, *resi#ent
Franklin 5elano 6ooseelt t"rne# the& a%a'. Bein$ an Anti7Se&ite hi&sel+, he %ante# no part
in ai#in$ the Je%ish people an# sent the& ,ack to 1er&an' %here the' %o"l# eent"all' ,e
e)ter&inate#.
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The en# res"lt %as the "lti&ate sla"$hter o+ si) &illion Je%s.
As a res"lt o+ the nee# +or as'l"&, the Je%ish people re$aine# ri$hts to the Ara, state o+
*alestine. The 4nite# Nations ha# alrea#' esta,lishe# *alestine as a Je%ish ho&elan# ,"t this
area %as +"ll o+ *alestinians an# the' #i# not %ant the Je%ish people to ,e there. The 4N
#isc"sse# splittin$ this area o+ lan# in to t%o states, one Je%ish an# the other Ara,ic. The Ara,s
%ante# no part in this an# sent in ar&ies to +i$ht the British Man#ate. Wantin$ to keep the peace,
the Je%ish people accepte# the reco&&en#ation an# %ere %illin$ to $ie the Ara,s e8"al ri$hts
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to the lan#. The Ara,s #isre$ar#e# the &an#ate an# sent ar&ies in to e)ter&inate the Je%ish
people an# e)tin$"ish the Je%ish state o+ -srael. The Je%ish people %ere persistent an# settle# in
-srael, %hich eent"all' took in oer one &illion re+"$ees
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. Lan# that ha# ,een taken a%a' 2000
'ears ,e+ore %as +inall' ,ein$ ret"rne#.
Fro& this perspectie, the *alestinians lost ,eca"se o+ the o"tco&e o+ the %ar. The' lost
their lan#, %ere #isplace#, p"t "n#er a"thorit' o+ the Je%ish $oern&ent an# lar$e n"&,ers
place# in re+"$ee ca&ps %here the' re&ain to#a'. The Je%ish State o+ -srael %as reco$ni0e# ,'
Western 1oern&ents an# &ost nota,l' +ro& *resi#ent /arr' Tr"&an. No #o",t
e&,arrass&ent oer the treat&ent o+ the Je%ish people #"rin$ the War an# the Allies
in#i++erence to it, lea# to s'&pathies +or the Je%ish State. These #isa$ree&ents oer the lan#
lea# to "nrest an# %ar in the Mi##le ?ast then an# that tension ,et%een -srael an# *alestine
contin"es to this #a'.
As o## as it &a' see&, the Je%ish people %on ,eca"se the' s"rie# an# %on a @o"ntr'
o+ their o%n. The' con8"ere# the horrors the' %ere +ace# %ith an# "lti&atel' re$aine# %hat
the' clai&e# to ,e ri$ht+"ll' theirs. The *eoples o+ *alestine lost as the' s"++er "n#er the
s",A"$ation o+ a +orei$n 1oern&ent an# no% hae no /o&elan# o+ their o%n.
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