The British Mandate in Palestine

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Why were tensions rising between the Palestinians Arabs and Jews?

  • Palestinian Arabs were angry at the fact that the British allowed the Jewish immigration to occur

  • The Arabs were also angry at the fact that Jewish were earning more

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2

What occurred in 1921?

violence erupted in Jaffa as many Jewish immigrants arrives in the town of Tel Aviv

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3

What was the impacts of the violence?

The British slowed down Jewish immigration levels

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4

How many Arabs and how many Jews were living in Palestine in 1929?

A - one million

J - 160,000

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5

How much did the Arab wages go down by?

10%

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6

How much higher were Jewish wages than the Arabs?

x2.6

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7

What was the Jewish population in 1931 and 1935?

  • 1931: 46,000

  • 1935: 135,000

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8

When was the second Arab revolt?

1936-9

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9

What percentage of the Arab population were peasants?

90%

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10

Why was the Arab revolt unsuccessful?

The strikes meant that they were replaced and lost there influence

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11

What was the British Partition Plan in 1927?

This suggested that Palestine should be split into two areas for the Jews and the Arabs

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12

What was the White Paper in 1939?

This scrapped the partition plan and made Palestine a shared responsibility and limit Jewish Immigration

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13

What happened after WW2?

The British didn’t change their policy so the Jews started an active responsibility

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14

Why did Britain not partition Palestine?

To keep both sides happy and not create a civil war

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15

What did the Jewish gangs (Irgun and Stern Gang) do?

Attacked military bases and soldiers

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16

What was the Exodus incident?

Britain stopped boatloads of Jewish refugees from entering Palestine - public opinion was against them

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17

What was the King David Hotel bombing?

Six British soldiers were killed in the military bases in the hotel

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18

When were the hanging of two soldiers occured?

1937

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19

How did the US impact Britain’s exit?

The US put pressure onto the UK by the Biltmore declaration and Truman calling on the British - Britain needed the US economically

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20

Why did the British leave Palestine?

Economically they couldn’t keep 10,000s of troops and they were exhausted

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21

When did the British leave Palestine?

May 1948

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When was the civil war in Palestine?

1948

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