France and Britain made the crisis much worst in the Middle East region following World War 1 because of the break of the Ottoman Empire and the Balfour Declaration. After the Ottoman empire was broken up in 1916, French and Britain divided the territories into mandates; this was known as the Sykes-Picot agreement. Their main interest was focused on the rich oil and the convenience of the Suez Canal that was used as a short cut to Asia. This split up caused a lot of tension and conflicting means within the Middle East. The other main cause was the Balfour Declaration which was an agreement in 1917 by the British to set up a Jewish homeland in Palestine. They also promised the Arabs independence in the region. This was the beginning of the Arab-Israeli conflict. After the Holocaust, many Jews left Germany and migrated to Israel. In 1947- by trying to help- the UN suggested a partition which clearly made the Jews satisfied but unfortunately left the Arabs angry. After hearing rumors about the Arabs planning an attack, the Jews attack the Arab League countries and won territory from the partition. The UN's intention of creating world peace was a fail in this situation, by trying to make everyone happy just resulted in a war.
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