I was referring to the idea of a state in general? Notice how no one had political boundaries until European colonization?
But anyways, the British and Jews were first to attack. The Arab riots were reactionary to those.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Legion
Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire and the British conquered it so a Jewish state could be formed.
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The Jewish Legion, a group of battalions composed primarily of Zionist volunteers, assisted in the British conquest of Palestine. Arab opposition to the plan led to the 1920 Palestine riots and the formation of the Jewish organization known as the Haganah (meaning "The Defense" in Hebrew), from which the Irgun and Lehi split off.
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n 1922, the League of Nations granted the United Kingdom a mandate over Palestine for the express purpose of "placing the country under such political, administrative and economic conditions as will secure the establishment of the Jewish national home".[45] The population of the area at this time was predominantly Muslim Arab, while the largest urban area in the region, Jerusalem, was predominantly Jewish.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
As I've said many times, both sides contributed.