Whose Responsible?

   I have examined the conflict that has been prevalent in Israel through its cause, objective, and effect. But the question remains: can the Arab community place blame on one single individual for the disruption of peace in Palestine, and who really initiated the conflict? There are 3 possible people:

1)      Theodore Herzl

-Herzl founded Zionism in 1869 which was a political solution in finding a Jewish state.
-His ideas encouraged the migration of Jews to Palestine and influenced the creation of the Balfour Declaration.

2)      Arthur Balfour

-Balfour wrote a letter in 1917 (later to be known as the Balfour Declaration) urging the British government to establish a Jewish state in Israel.
-After the fall of the Ottoman Empire after WWI, Britain had control of Palestine, and the government became committed to the founding of Israel through Balfour’s letter.

3)      Adolf Hitler

-Hitler’s mass execution of the Jewish community left millions of people homeless.
-After his defeat, many Jewish people remained homeless and returned to the holy land for refuge.
-This mass immigration initiated the response of the UN to declare Israel as a state.

   As you can see, there are many different causes which created the conflict. The Jewish community has been persecuted throughout history, and their nomadic lifestyle led the ethnic group to be nation less. Through the commitment of devout Jewish figures, The Jewish community was able to successfully establish a Jewish state. However, this ultimately created the conflict with Palestine. In my opinion, all the events (from Jewish persecution to the United Nations Patrician Plan) preceding the conflicts are responsible for the crisis between Israel and Palestine.
  
TimeLine of Israeli-Palestinian History and the Arab-Israeli
   Conflict(2008). Middle East Web. Retrieved June 8,2011,from
   www.mideastweb.org/timeline.html