After World War II and The Holocaust , the Zionist movement gained attention and sympathy . In Mandatory Palestine , Zionist groups fought against the British occupation . In the two and a half years from 1945 to June 1947 , British law enforcement forces lost 103 dead , and sustained 391 wounded from Jewish militants . The Palestinian Arab nationalists reorganized themselves , but their organization remained inferior to that of the Zionists . Nevertheless , the weakening of the colonial British Empire reinforced Arab countries and the Arab League
The Holocaust
The Holocaust
1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine