The Allies and the United Nations were motivated to create a Jewish homeland following World War II because...

A) the Allies, and especially the British colonial government ruling Palestine, were faced with a Jewish refugee crisis after World War II

B) everyone believed that the creation of a Jewish state in the Middle East would lead to little conflict or controversy

C) the Allies and the UN felt that Jews needed compensation for their treatment during the Holocaust, and that giving them land was the best way to make amends

D) the Allies and the UN firmly believed that Jews had prior claim to the land that would become Israel, and that Palestinians did not deserve their own state