Choose all the responses that illustrate how the Holocaust contributed to the formation of Israel. A) Reparations from the Holocaust provided by West Germany provided resources for the state of Israel.

B) The atrocities of the Holocaust spotlighted the need for the Jews to have a land to call their own.

C) The Holocaust was the last battle of World War II that the Jews won and as a result were able to establish a claim to Israel.

D) The Jewish population took refuge during World War II in Israel, and as a result it was natural to establish a homeland there.

E)The Jewish population fought for and won the land of Israel during the war, and as a result wanted to establish it as the official Jewish state.