Jewish and Arab Grievances

Question 1

Jewish Holocaust

Answer 1

• 6 million killed

- impatient for change

Question 2

Diaspora of Jews

Answer 2

in AD 135 thousands fled from Jerusalem due to Romans.

Question 3

Conflict over resources

Answer 3

-The Jewish drove the Arabs out of their land and replaced them with Jewish employees

Question 4

Balfour Declaration

Answer 4

• They took it as a promise from the British to set up a Jewish state.
• The British didn’t want to look like they were talking sides.

Question 5

Limited Jewish immigration

Answer 5

1939- only 10,000 every year for 5 years

only 25,000 refugees

Question 6

Arab land taken

Answer 6

• they had lived there for centuries and formed the majority of the population
• all the same language

Question 7

Mac-Mahon-Hussein Letters

Answer 7

believed these offered them their independence, however the British didn’t want to surrender control.

Question 8

Increase in Jewish Immigration

Answer 8

by 1939 almost 450,000 Jews in Palestine. This made the Arabs afraid of losing their country

Question 9

Partition

Answer 9

Jews made up only a third of the population yet they got 55% of the land. Haifa and Jaffa contained a majority of Arabs and still went under Jewish control