Originally Posted by Gogogo

I think you are unaware that there has always been historically a Jewish presence in the Middle East region, where Jews have lived for centuries. As far as the modern state of Israel is concerned it is the result of the foundation of Zionism in the late 1890s from the activities of Theodore Herzl, though the tradition reaches much further back in history, which in itself was due to widespread anti-semitism in Europe as seen in Tsarist Russia and even in supposedly enlightened countries like France. The idea became reality in the 1917 Balfour Declaration. During the inter-war years many European Jews migrated to begin a new life in what was then British ruled Palestine.

It was agreed by the UN that two states, Israel and Palestine should replace the British mandate. Jewish survivors from the Holocaust decided to settle in Israel as they had lost relatives and their livelihoods in Europe as a result of the Nazi German regime. The Arab leaders including the Grand Mufti, chose to destroy Israel rather than allow the the UN proposed two state solution.

Israel did not annex Palestine in 1948, you have been misinformed.