HIS 2160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Supreme Muslim Council, Churchill White Paper, Zionist Commission

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: History
• Course: HIS 2160
• Professor: Ryme Seferdjeli

Document Summary

Land purchase: wanted international european support (great-britain) The question of palestine during the first world war: sharif hussain/mc mahon correspondence. Palestine as part of an independent arab kingdom: sykes-picot agreement (france and gb) Palestine under international administration: balfour declaration, the creatio(cid:374) of a (cid:858)(cid:374)atio(cid:374)al ho(cid:373)e(cid:859) for the jewish people i(cid:374) palestine. 1918-1922: the creation of the mandate: the gb, palestine under british administration from 1918-1920, the zionists, the arab palestinians. 1922-1929: the consolidation of zionist structures in palestine. 1929 to the 1948 war: escalation of violence: gb/the arab palestinians/the zionists. Arab, christian and jewish members: arabs do not accept this and do not show up, basis of british politics during mandate. July 1922: mandate: 28 articles, including balfour declaration, favoring immigration, made hebrew one of official languages, do not want to talk about a jewish state, examples of article 6 and 2 of mandate in powerpoint.