Photo image: Israel separation wall and settlement. “Bethlehem, occupied Palestinian Territories.”
Hamas Attacks on West Banks.
“Four people were shot dead near the occupied West Bank settlement.
“One victim in serious condition; one gunman shot dead at scene near Eli settlement, second killed by special forces in Tubas after fleeing; both affiliated with Hamas.”
Israeli security forces at the scene of a shooting attack near the West Bank settlement of Eli, June 20, 2023. Inset: (Left) Harel Masood, 21, of Yad Binyamin, (center) Elisha Anteman, 17, of Eli, and (right) Ofer Fayerman, 60, of Eli, who were killed in the attack (Flash90; courtesy)
“Palestinian gunmen affiliated with the Hamas terror group opened fire at a gas station in the West Bank on Tuesday afternoon, killing four Israelis and wounding four others, the military and medics said.”
According to the Israel Defense Forces, two gunmen carried out the terror attack at the gas station and an adjacent hummus restaurant near the settlement of Eli.
One of the terrorists was shot dead at the scene by an armed Israeli civilian, while the second fled and was killed some two hours later by special forces.
According to the Magen David Adom ambulance service, eight Israelis were treated at the scene of the attack. Four were declared dead at the scene, and four were taken to hospitals in Israel.
Israel Palestine Complicated History.
The Israel-Palestine conflict. The enlarged settlements. The Balfour Declaration. The European Jewish Holocaust precedent to the Jews’ return to Israel their homeland among Arab neighbors. Jewish people’s right to live in the security of peace. The Arab Palestinian right to freedom and justice in Palestine their homeland. Hamas and Hezbollah factions fight for the Palestinian people. The many children killed in this conflict of International decision-making and political maneuvering for the most historical religious, and biblical early-century land in the world. Historically; Israel and Palestine are incessantly in conflict. ‘No peace in the Middle East.‘
“Wars and rumors of wars.” Christians, Islam; The biblical story foretold of Abraham’s children.” The offspring of Hagar, Sarah; are the mothers that gave birth to the seed of Abraham.
Hamas attacks near the West Banks settlements. A Summary of the History of Israel-Palestine conflict.
The Balfour Declaration.
What is the Balfour Declaration? The Balfour Declaration (“Balfour’s promise” in Arabic) was a public pledge by Britain in 1917 declaring its aim to establish “a national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine.
The Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued by the British government in 1917 during the First World War announcing its support for the establishment of a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine, then an Ottoman region with a small minority Jewish population. The declaration was contained in a letter dated 2 November 1917 from the United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Lord Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland. The text of the declaration was published in the press on 9 November 1917.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration
The Creation of Israel.
On May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel. U.S. President Harry S. Truman recognized the new nation on the same day.
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/creation-israel
Eliahu Elath presenting ark to President Truman
Although the United States supported the Balfour Declaration of 1917, which favored the establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had assured the Arabs in 1945 that the United States would not intervene without consulting both the Jews and the Arabs in that region. The British, who held a colonial mandate for Palestine until May 1948, opposed both the creation of a Jewish state and an Arab state in Palestine as well as unlimited immigration of Jewish refugees to the region. Great Britain wanted to preserve good relations with the Arabs to protect its vital political and economic interests in Palestine.
Members of Hashomer, a Jewish security organization dedicated to protecting pioneering Zionist settlements, pose with their rifles on October 1, 1907, in Upper Galilee during the Ottoman rule of Palestine. GPO via Getty Images
https://www.businessinsider.com/stunning-pictures-from-the-early-days-of-israel-2013-5
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