In the late 1800s a small, fanatic movement called “political Zionism” began in Europe. Its goal was to create a Jewish state somewhere in the world. Its leaders settled on the ancient and long-inhabited land of Palestine for the location of this state.
Palestine’s population at this time was approximately ninety-six percent non-Jewish (primarily Muslim and Christian).
Palestine the land now occupied by the state of Israel was a multicultural society with Arabs comprising 96 % of population in late 1800s
Over the coming decades Zionist leaders used various strategies to accomplish their goal of taking over Palestine .... Read more at http://ashraf62.wordpress.com
