HIST 294 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Theodor Herzl, Jewish Question, Jewish Legion
24 Aug 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
HIST 294 Midterm Study Guide
Documents
-Theodore Herzl: The Jewish State
•restoration of Jewish State
•Jewish question still exists, carried to new lands with Jews migrating there —> will
remain until an answer is found
-need to make it a political world question
•plan: creation of new state
-carried out by The Society of Jews, and the Jewish Company
•Society - prep work in science and politics
•Company - liquidating what Jews leave behind, organizing commerce and
trade in the new country
-gradual move - poorest go first for labour, wealthiest last
-consideration of Palestine and Argentine
•immigration futile unless they have the sovereign rights —> otherwise would
threaten the native population
-would be beneficial to adjacent countries
•1896
-Basle Program
•Promotion of colonization of Palestine by jewish agricultural and industrial workers
•Organization and binding together of Jewry
•Strengthening and fostering of Jewish national sentiment and consciousness
•Preparatory step towards government consent where necessary to get the aim of
Zionism
•August 23, 1897
-Negib Azoury: Program of the League of the Arab Fatherland
!1
find more resources at oneclass.com
find more resources at oneclass.com
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
•Nothing more liberating than the league’s program
•Wants to operate civil and religious power to form an Arab empire
•Government: constitutional sultanate
-Based on freedom of all religions, equality of al citizens before the law
-Respect interests of Europe, autonomy of Lebanon, independence of areas
•Give throne of Arab empire to a prince of Egypt
•Rejects unifying Egypt and Arab empire under same monarchy, as Egyptians are
not of the Arab race
•Universal religious caliphate
-Have completely independence political state, honours of sovereign, hold real
moral authority over a Muslims in the world
-Letter from Hussein-McMahon Correspondence
•Correspondence between Sharif Jussein of Mecca, Governor of the Hijaz provinces
of Arabia… and Sir Henry McMahon, the British High Commissioner to Egypt
•Arab nation asking the government of Great Britain for their aid and support their
firm and lawful intentions without any ulterior motives
•July 14 1915 - March 10 1916
-The Sykes- Picot Agreement
•formalization of the Hussein-McMahon letters
•an understanding between France and Britain
•GB thanking France for diverting troops from Europe during WWI
-France had traditional connections to Syria, Lebanon, Christian minorities in the
Middle East
•splitting up land between France, Britain, and international administration
•1916
-Balfour Declaration
•Letter from British foreign secretary Arthur James Balfour to Lord Rothschild, head
of the British Zionist Organization
!2
find more resources at oneclass.com
find more resources at oneclass.com
Document Summary
Theodore herzl: the jewish state: restoration of jewish state, jewish question still exists, carried to new lands with jews migrating there > will remain until an answer is found. Need to make it a political world question: plan: creation of new state. Carried out by the society of jews, and the jewish company: society - prep work in science and politics, company - liquidating what jews leave behind, organizing commerce and trade in the new country. Gradual move - poorest go rst for labour, wealthiest last. Consideration of palestine and argentine: immigration futile unless they have the sovereign rights > otherwise would threaten the native population. Would be bene cial to adjacent countries: 1896. Negib azoury: program of the league of the arab fatherland. Wednesday, february 3, 2016: nothing more liberating than the league"s program, wants to operate civil and religious power to form an arab empire, government: constitutional sultanate.
