3. White Papers Flashcards
What was the impact of Nazis and Fascists propaganda on the Middle East?
Encourage Arabs to revolt against the British and this endangered their position in Egypt athwart the Suez Canal. They needed oil and they didn’t want to send troops into the Middle East, when they were needed in Europe
What did chiefs of staffs say that would happen if war broke out?
British Eastern Mediterranean fleet would have to proceed to the Far East, conceding the region to the Italians
Why was the Suez Canal important?
Troops can be transferred to Egypt in times of war.
Italian control of the Red Sea entrance to Sue would need that the British would need to transport reinforcements from India overland through Iraq, Palestine and Egypt.
What happened in May 1939?
The white paper
When was the white paper?
May 1939
In the White Paper, what did the British want for Palestine?
Independent Palestine within 10 years, which was neither Jewish nor Arab but one in which they shared responsibility
In the May 1939, what was going to happen for the first five year?
10,000 Jewish immigrants will be allowed into Palestine due to a special quota
In the white paper, what would happen after the 5 years where Jewish migration quota was limited to 10,000?
25,000 refugees as a contribution to the solution of the Jewish refugee problem
In the end of the white paper what would happen?
After 5 years, Jewish migration would no longer happen as long as Arabs were prepared to agree with it
How did Jews and Arabs react to the 1939 White Paper?
Rejected
What did the Jewish agency say about the White paper?
Contrary to international law
Violation of the promise made to the Jews since the Balfour declaration
Jews would resist implementation of the White Paper
What did Ben-Gurion say about the white paper?
The Jews would “fight with Great Britain in this war as if there was no White Paper” but they would aslo””fight the White Paper as if there was no war”
How did Palestinian Arabs react to the White paper?
Thought that the Arab Higher Committee rejected it as it didn’t promise immediate independence with halt to Jewish immigration
What happened in a St.James Conference in early 1939?
British officials tried to convince Zionist leaders to acknowledge the principle of Arab agreements to future Jewish immigration
How did the moderates Arabs of (al-Khalidi and al-Nashashibi) and the leaders of thee Arab government find the white paper?
Hopeful
Who found the White Paper hopeful?
moderates Arabs (al-Khalidi and al-Nashashibi) Leaders of the Arab government
