Why did zionists want to create an independent state for the jewish people in the former colony of palestine? a. the claimed that muslims had no right to control jerusalem because it is not a sacred city in islam. b. they argued that jews could only be safe from anti-semitism if they formed their own jewish state. c. they believed that the jewish people had the right to rule over all former ottoman territories. d. they felt that they should be compensated for serving in the british military during world war i.