Balfour Declaration Flashcards
1
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`In General, What is Zionism?
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The Jewish community wanting to REestablish Palestine as the Jewish homeland and have full autonomy
2
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Who is Theodore Herzl?
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- gave the zionist movement organized structure
- created the first zionist movement
3
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What was Theodore Herzl’s View
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- wanted fulll Jewish Homeland in Palestine
- wanted a charter of autonomy
4
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What did Zionists want after WWI
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Official recognition of their movement by central powers
5
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When did the Brits approve the Balfour Declaration and who declared it
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Oct 1917 it was approved, Sir Arthur Balfour declared it
6
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What 3 reservations were made in the declaration?
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- Didn’t say they would give jews their autonomy
- Didn’t mention how jews had been in Palestine before
- Didn’t bind Britian to working with Zionists
7
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Why did Britain issue the Balfour Declaration?
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- Thought it would make jews support allied victory beacuse they thought they were all anti russian and pro german
- Had interest in palestine cause its near the suez canal
- Didnt want Germans getting advantage in Palestine
8
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How did Brits react to the muslim resistance of Jews entering Palestine?
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- said arabs could control 2/3 of palestine
- started imposing a yearly limit on immigrants to palestine
