The British Mandate
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Updated: 15 Nov 2018
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Created byEmily Cramp
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Events
British troops take Palestine
And set up provisional
military gov in JerusalemHistadrut
(General Labour Federation of Israel)
established 4 Jewish workers in PalestineArab Executive established
to organise Arab resistance
to Jewish immigration = disunitedHaganah (Jewish Underground org)
Established to protect
Jews from Arab violence
when British failed toLeague of Nations granted
Brits mandateWailing Wall incident - 133 Jewish
+ 1116 arabs killed - entire Jewish
population of Hebron massacredIn response to Wailing Wall Brits
issued white paper blaming Jewish
Agency land purchases 4 violence angering Jews.
PM then wrote letter apologising angering ArabsPalestine Royal Commission est.:
Arabs boycotted hearingsCommission reports that partition = only solutionArab Revolt began w/ strikes organised
by Arab Higher committee
+ led to rebellionIrgun is formedWhite paper limits limits J
immigration to 15,000 pa
until 1944Jews resent British for denying
Holocaust refugees a sanctuaryBrits intercept Jewish
immigrants + deport themPalestinian Arabs ally with GermanyPalestinian Jews join Brit Army in Jewish LegionIllegal Jewish immigration = 40,000Biltmore Programme - US
zionists lobby for homelandUS presidential election.
Both Rs and Ds endorse Biltmore
ProgrammeFull scale of holocaust becomes apparentBrits hand Palestine to UNUNSCOP decided on partition
ratified by UN assemblyLate 1947: both Jews and Arabs armBy Oct: Jewish attacks killed
1127 + wounded 133 British soldiersJewish Agency Declare IsraelPeriods
First Arab disturbances against Jews
(Easter Riots)Jewish Agency established
from Palestine Zionist ExecutiveJewish population increased
164,000-370,000 b/c Hitler's persecution
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