Ch2 the final years of the british mandate in palestine 1945-8

Question 1

irgun

Answer 1

small secret zionist organisation which had been formed in 1937 to protect jewish settlements from attack during arab rebellion of 1936-39 and from 1945 fought for jewish state in all of palestine

Question 2

stern gang

Answer 2

a zionist terrorist group founded in 1939

Question 3

haganah

Answer 3

jewish defence force

Question 4

how did ww2 impact gb relations with israel

Answer 4

palestinians jews aided british army - why they back it

zionists continue to campaign against brits

Question 5

ww2 changes the zionists how

Answer 5

6mil jews dead as a result, theyre not gonna be patient waiting for british decision making

1945 commit to active opposition to the brits

Question 6

three final things that to gb handing palestine over the UN

Answer 6

tired after the war
hanging of 2 soldiers
pr nightmare that was the ship of the exodus getting sent back to europe

Question 7

when did us back zionists

Answer 7

1942 biltmore conference

huge jewish population in us, who put pressure on the govt
2mil in ny alone

Question 8

eretz israel

Answer 8

land of israel - the biblical name for all of palestine

Question 9

reaction to the UN partition plan of 1947

Answer 9

jews say yes pls

arabs say no

Question 10

partition plan would give how much to the jews

Answer 10

55% of land when they only are 10% of population

Question 11

UN partition plan suggests jerusalem would be

Answer 11

international zone governed by international forces

Question 12

civil war in 40s after UN partition plan dates

Answer 12

nov 47 to may 48

Question 13

how were the arabs through the civil war

Answer 13

unorganised and no real leader

got syrians + iraqi soldiers in to aid them, but jews saw it coming

Question 14

how were the jews through the 40s ciivl war

Answer 14

politically unified + organised + military groups were already there and trained eg. haganah irgun + stern gang

Question 15

plan d

Answer 15

from the jews

plan to take over wherever the brits had left (think military bases) and expel the arab palestinians (some say ethnic cleansing !!!)

Question 16

example of jewish attack on arab palestinians

Answer 16

deir yassin

igrun soldiers attack mainly arab village

Question 17

the arab exodus in the 40s. numbers + interpretations

Answer 17

300,000 arabs fled during this time

arabs would say they were expelled. were expecting to come back, left their things etc.

jews would say the arabs left of their own accord.