what happened after the holocaust? what's with the british and jews being enemies?

Answer 1

After WWII there was no Israel and the British government ruled Palestine by some sort of mandate they had given themselves in the 20s. They were extremely conciliatory to the Arabs in Palestine and in order to maintain that relationship they severely restricted the immigration of Jewish displaced persons, (survivors of the death camps) in Palestine.

Various Jewish organizations raised money, purchased ships, etc. and smuggled Jews into Palestine. The British were extremely confrontational about this, boarding and seizing the ships, placing crews in jail, sometimes sinking the ships, even when they were in international waters, placing passengers into internment camps in Cyprus or returning them to Germany. Much of the world was appalled by the punitive actions of the British.

In 1948 Jews in Palestine declared the state of Israel and the UN voted to recognize it. The British mandate was over, but as a last gesture of meanness, before evacuating their troops, they handed over all fortifications and weapons to the Arabs. It didn't do any good. The Israelis kicked butt, just like they've been doing ever since.

Answer 2

For the answer to this you have to go back to WW1.
The British government was in financial trouble due to the cost of the war and needed to raise a lot of money from the international banking community which was controlled by jews.
There had been a movement called Zionism which wanted a homeland for the jews in Palestine on the grounds that the jewish sky god had promised the land to the jews many centuries before.
The British government at the time had several jews in it and the Foreign Secretary, Lord Balfour, promised that if Britain won the war it would set up a homeland in Palestine for the jews on condition that the civil and religious rights of the arabs were not affected. This is known as the Balfour Declaration - one man's promise to get money for the war.
Britain was on the winning side in the war during which it beat the Turks who had previously controlled Palestine as part of their Empire.
The League of Nations awarded Britain the mandate to rule Palestine after the war and Britain allowed some jews in on a strict quota basis under the terms of the Balfour Declaration.
In the period between the world wars the immigrant jews caused unrest among the population by their behaviour and there were several riots by the arabs in protest which were suppressed by the British.
After WW2 illegal immigrant jews from Europe tried to get into Palestine far exceeding the quota and the British had difficulty keeping them out.
The jews set up a terrorist organisation which carried out many atrocities against the local population and the British administration.
The most spectacular of these was the bombing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem in 1947 when over 90 innocent civilians were killed.
In order to stop the bloodshed the UN decided to partition Palestine between the arabs and the jews.
The arabs were not consulted and rejected the proposal.
When the British gave up their mandate in 1948 the jews seized control of the area awarded under the partition and massacred any arabs who refused to leave.
They declared the State of Israel and many of the terrorists became government ministers.
The arabs who were forced out have been living in refugee camps ever since.

Answer 3

After the holocaust the Jews tried to unite and return to their historical homeland. Many felt like there was no place for them in war torn Europe. At that time it was called Palestine and ruled by the British. The British tried to stop the influx of Jews and (later) the founding of the state of Israel. There are many books written about this subject. Both scientific research as novels. One of the best novels is "Exodus" written by Leon Uris.

Answer 4

"what's with the british and jews being enemies?"

Read up on the Balfour Declaration.