Did Jews really start this conflict?
Roll back to the time of the British Mandate of Palestine. Where did the "Israel started this conflict" claim come from?
I did not see Jews protesting or demanding independence or their own separate state. They did not incite attacks at the local populations either until 1937 Black Sunday when they were tired of being terrorized by Arabs.
From 1920 up until 1937 Arabs committed massacres against Jews, yet I do not see Jews committing attacks against the Arabs.
1920 Nebi Musa riots - Al-Husseini (who was associated with Hitler), incited violence against Jews and this event led to the creation of the Haganah
1921 Jaffa Riots - started by Arabs attacking Jews, resulted in 146 Jews dead
1929 Hevron massacre - Arabs massacring 67 Jews
1929 Palestine Riots - 133 Jews killed by Arabs, due to Al-Husseini inciting violence against the Jews again
1931 - Irgun was founded because the Haganah refused to commit revenge terrorism against Arabs (which is also why Irgun was enemies of the Haganah initially)
1931 Kibbutz Yagur killings by Black Hand - 3 Jews killed by Black Hand Jihadi group in Yagur
1933 riots - Arabs riot, calling to stop Jewish Migration
1936 Tulkarm shooting - 3 Jews killed by Qassam Loyalists, Irgun decides to retaliate by killing 2 Arab laborers
1936 Jaffa Riots - Arabs start a violent riot against Jews, leading to 14 Jews killed
Then from 1937 onwards, it was now a full on conflict as the Jews started retaliating and also initiating terrorist attacks.
Since the Jews started this conflict according to many Pro-Palestinians, were there a single conflict or attack instigated by Jews before 1937? Quite frankly, I didn't find any instigated by the Jewish parties no matter how hard I looked for them.
It also doesn't make sense to me that they would riot against Jewish Migration to the area. They both are semitic people who have valid ancestry to the land. The entire Jewish culture and religion originated in Mandatory Palestine. They genuinely have a valid reason to be there.
It's like rioting because the native people of that area wanted to go and live in their ancestral land legally and peacefully. The Arabs conquered and colonized the land in 7th century, why couldn't they even give the courtesy of at least allowing the Jews to migrate back and live in their land.
But because of their attacks, the UN decided to make two states for them to mediate peace the land got partitioned between Arabs and Jews, ironically giving birth to the Modern State of Israel.
The funny part is, the Jews were divided on wanting a state of their own. The communist want to make an Israeli state, the religious ones didn't because of the doctrine that Only the Messiah establishes the State of Israel. If the Arabs did not treat the Jews horribly, there would highly likely be no state of Israel because the Jews were fine being under an Arab government. But due to the continuous terrorist attacks by the Arabs, it influenced the Jews who were conflicting on whether there should be an israeli state or not, to opt for the creation of a separate state just for them to be safe from the attacks