Subject: Re: Hamas launches mass attacks on Israel
And before that, there were (I believe they were called) Zionists that launched attacks during the British occupation of Palestine. At that time, the situation was reversed. The Palestinians were enduring Zionist attacks fairly regularly. I'm not sure if the Brits were running the local government, or it was semi-autonomous arrangement. After WWII, Palestine was declared not to exist any longer, and the roles were reversed. Suddenly the Jewish people (now Israelis) were in charge, and not long after began the Palestinian attacks to "take back their home". First the PLO, and then Hamas.
Not meant to be a complete history. Just an outline.
An incomplete outline. "Palestine" was never a country, per se. It was a British mandate established after WWI when the UK essentially took over governing what had been a part of the Ottoman Empire:
https://www.oxfordbibliographi...
The establishment of Great Britain's mandate over Palestine generated complex issues of international law. The mandate system was devised at the Paris Peace Conference with little prior analysis that might have given a clear answer as to its meaning. Complicating any analysis was the fact that three varieties of mandate were established, as Classes A, B, and C, with differing roles for the mandatory power.
The Palestine Mandate was a Class A mandate, meaning a more robust status than that provided for Class B or C territories. Even within Class A differences existed. The three Class A mandates were Mesopotamia (Iraq), Syria, and Palestine. Mesopotamia (Iraq) and Syria each had a local administration with the mandatory power in an advisory capacity, whereas in Palestine the administration consisted of British personnel. The mandate system was criticized at the time as a continuation of colonial rule in a new guise. Feeding this criticism was the fact that in Great Britain's governance structure, the Palestine Administration fell under the supervision of the Secretary for the Colonies.
At the same time, Great Britain was subject to oversight by the League of Nations, through its Permanent Mandates Commission, and was enjoined to work toward relinquishing its role. Great Britain's mandate over Palestine was further complicated by the fact that it involved a further injunction, namely, to foster a 'Jewish national home' there. A notion of self-determination of peoples was becoming acknowledged at this period, and it was unclear how the concept of a 'Jewish national home' might impact the population of Palestine, which was overwhelmingly Arab.
Bolding mine. This notion of "Well, there was a Palestine until da Jooz stole it" isn't born out by historical fact. The plan was always to create something of a Jewish state out of the area.
Which brings us to WWII, and Palestinian cooperation with Nazi Germany:
https://www.hoover.org/researc...
Germany stands for an uncompromising struggle against the Jews. It is self-evident that the struggle against the Jewish national homeland in Palestine forms part of this struggle, since such a national homeland would be nothing other than a political base for the destructive influence of Jewish interests. Germany also knows that the claim that Jewry plays the role of an economic pioneer in Palestine is a lie. Only the Arabs work there, not the Jews. Germany is determined to call on the European nations one by one to solve the Jewish problem and, at the proper moment, to address the same appeal to non-European peoples.
'Adolf Hitler to Haj Amin Al-Husseini, mufti of Jerusalem, November 28, 19411
The Mufti was all for teaming up with Hitler:
https://time.com/4084301/hitle...
Al-Husseini began the conversation by declaring that the Germans and the Arabs had the same enemies: 'the English, the Jews, and the Communists.' He proposed an Arab revolt all across the Middle East to fight the Jews; the English, who still ruled Palestine and controlled Iraq and Egypt; and even the French, who controlled Syria and Lebanon. (The British had secured a mandate for Palestine at the Paris peace conference in 1919, and made halting attempts to create a 'Jewish national home' there without prejudicing the rights of the Arab population.) He also wanted to form an Arab legion, using Arab prisoners from the French Empire who were then POWs inside Germany. He also asked Hitler to declare publicly, as the German government had privately, that it favored 'the elimination of the Jewish national home' in Palestine.
Al-Husseini would in fact form a division of the SS in Bosnia consisting of Muslims.
The Israelis post WW2 did engage in attacks on British government centers in their bid for independence, that is also a fact. Shortly after WW2 the UN granted a mandate for a state of Israel and the Israelis declared independence.