@thememecaucus: 🇮🇱🇵🇸 **BEFORE ISRAEL — WHO WAS HERE FIRST?** Think this story started in **1948?** You're starting too late. ⏪ Before Israel. Before the British Mandate. Before the Balfour Declaration. In the late 1800s, the region commonly called **Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire.** It wasn't an independent modern nation-state—but **it wasn't empty.** Muslims, Christians and longstanding Jewish communities lived there. Then Europe enters the story. Modern political Zionism grew. Jewish immigration increased. Land was purchased. Palestinian Arabs increasingly feared displacement and losing political control. **Two national movements.** **One land.** Then came **1917.** 📜 Britain made a promise. **To WHO? 👀** ▶️ EPISODE 2: THE BALFOUR DECLARATION Follow for Part 2. #IsraelPalestine #Israel #Palestine #IsraelPalestineHistory #MiddleEastHistory #OttomanEmpire #Zionism #BalfourDeclaration #Geopolitics #HistoryTok #LearnOnTikTok #MAGA