Orde Wingate Flashcards
Arabs continued to express their “dismay and alarm” at Jewish presence through
Attacks on jews
British captain Orde Wingate arrived in year
1936
Orde was deeply sympathetic to _ due to devout Christian faith
Zionism
Wingate offered his help to
Zionist leaders
Having noticed most British officers are on opposite side, jews
Regarded Orde’s offer with suspicion
Orde had plans to _
Stop Muslim Arab attacks on jews
Orde said only way to deal with attacks is to persuade Muslim gangs that
Their attacks could be met with a government gang that will destroy them
Government gangs would move at night and
Will surprise them
Surprise them either in _ or _
Villages
Across country
Even though they would be British government forces, they would
Be partially made of jews
British authorities were initially
Reluctant
British ultimately
Approved Wingate’s plan
The name of the government force was called
Special Night Squads (SNS)
SNS began to fight back against
Al-husseini’s Arab Muslim mobs
Wingates comrads were not
Pleased
Not pleased by
Orde’s eccentricities
British authorities disliked that Britain
Ally with jews rather than arabs
Orde recommends that _ jews immigrate to Palestine
1 million more
British had enough with wingates advocacy for the jews and
Transferred him out of Palestine
Transferred him out in year
1939
British officials ordered Orde’s passport be stamped with instructions
To not let him reenter Palestine
Same month of Orde’s transfer, British
Rewarded Al-husseini again
British rewarded Al-husseini by
Limiting Jewish settlements to 75k over the next 5 years
The limit of Jewish immigration was at same time
Hitler readying Final Solution to Jews
In 1937 _ expressed surprise that tensions hadn’t died down
Peel commission
Antagonism by Arab Muslims accentuated by pressure of
Pressure of jews in Europe
Antagonism by Arab Muslims accentuated by development of
Arab nations in neighboring countries
Commission ascribed antagonism in large part to the lack of
Arab state in Palestine
