Current Status: Non-nation.
Palestinian homeland under Israeli occupation.
At the turn of the twentieth century, Palestine was a province of the disintegrating Ottoman Empire. During the course of World War 1, the British promised to support Arab independence in exchange for Arab assistance against the Turkish Army. Although the Arabs rallied behind Lawrence of Arabia, fulfilling their part of the bargain, the British and the French repaid them with imperial plots that ran contrary to the letter and spirit of the promises made to the leaders of what came to be known as the 'Arab Revolt'. In the Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916), the British and French secretly agreed to colonize the Eastern Arab world after the war. Almost on a whim, the British also issued the Balfour Decleration of 1917. The Balfour Declaration was an agreement between European and American Zionists and the British Government to create a 'Jewish' national home in Palestine.
Estimated Population: 1.6million (West Bank), 1million (Gaza Strip)
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