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OCR: Untii i948 Palestine was the eastern Mediterranean area that now consists of Israel, the West Bank the Gaza Strip and smali parts of modern Jordan and Egypt. Palestine was the site of the Jewish state proposed by the Zionist movement during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, home and refuge for the worid's Jews ROYED OUR FAMI DESTROY OUR During Worid War II. Palestine was colony of Great Britain. Fearfui of antagonizing the iocai Arab popuiation the British government severely restricted Jewish immigration. doing this, they biocked Jews from the iast piace that had wel icomed Jewish settiement. After the war worid criticism of British immiaration policy. well as Jewish and Arab dissatisfaction with Great Britain's administration, prompted Great Britain to turn the region over to the U ...