HIST 219 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Mandatory Palestine, David Ben-Gurion, Labor Zionism
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Zionism: 12,000 jews on zionist agricultural settings in the country, max nordow, said the zionist movement had no achievements to think of, waiting for the fall of the ottoman empire. Britain begins to take serious look at palestine; strategic asset, see it as stepping stone through egypt, suez canal all the way to india. Zionist movement occupied 4 rooms in picadilly circus. See the return of jews as a process of messianic redemption. Jews are not the only ones courted by the british government: sir arthur henry mcmahon british high commissioner in egypt wrote letters to hussein bin ali, leader of the arab revolt against the ottoman empire. Mcmahon supports the revolt, never says the fate of the. If hussein bin ali lead an arab revolt against the ottoman. Empire the british would grant freedom to places in the. Jews that came to mandate palestine and took part in construction of the.
