1. F
2. O
3. O
4. F
5. F
1. Palestine was absorbed into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 and remained under the rule of the Turks until World War One. ... In the peace talks that followed the end of the war, parts of the Ottoman Empire were handed over to the French to control and parts were handed over to the British – including Palestine
2. The United Nations approved a plan to partition Palestine into a Jewish and Arab state in 1947, but the Arabs rejected it. In May 1948, Israel was officially declared an independent state with David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, as the prime minister.Jun
3. The creation of Israel caused conflict because Jewish people moved into the Muslim land. ... The Palestinians living in Israel dislike Israeli rule. Furthermore, around the early 1990s, Israel agreed to give Palestinians control of an area called the Gaza strip and the town of Jericho.
4. The establishment of Israel had a significant impact on the Middle East. Once Israel declared sovereignty in 1948, armed conflict began almost immediately. Arab countries resented the creation of the state, supporting the rights of Palestinians in the region. Israel was forced to defend itself against its neighbors.
