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Description acceptable. A colonial power cracked down on supporters of this cause in Operation Agatha. Supporters of this cause piloted a ship (0[1])whose attempts to contravene the 1939 White Paper are depicted in a Leon Uris novel. (20[1])A paramilitary group (20[1])founded to fight for this cause, the “Stern (0[1])Gang,” (0[1])assassinated the (20[1])Swedish diplomat (20[1])Folke Bernadotte. (20[2]0[2])The British government’s (*) support for this cause (10[1])contradicted (10[2]0[1])the earlier McMahon–Hussein Correspondence, (10[3])and was announced in a 1917 letter (10[1])to Lionel (10[1])Walter Rothschild. (10[3])A group supporting this cause, (10[1])Irgun, bombed the King David Hotel. (10[1]0[1])For 10 points, name (10[1])this cause (0[1])backed by the Balfour Declaration, (10[3]0[1])which was realized with a 1948 (10[1])Declaration of Independence (10[1])proclaimed by (10[1])David (10[1])Ben-Gurion. (10[2])■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: the creation of the state of Israel [accept Zionism; accept answers like creating a Jewish state or the Partition of Palestine or independence of Israel; prompt on aliyah or answers like migration to Israel] (The Leon Uris novel is Exodus.)
<Michael Bentley, History - World - Middle Eastern&gt; ~25056~ &lt;Editor: Jordan Brownstein>
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