origins of conflict

Question 1

who came up with the idea of a jewish homeland

Answer 1

Theodor Herzel : in a book called “the Jewish state” 1896

Question 2

what are jews in favour of a jewish homeland called

Answer 2

zionists

Question 3

between 1880 and 1914 how many jews settled in Palestine

Answer 3

60000

Question 4

when was the Balfour declaration

Answer 4

November 1917

Question 5

what was the Balfour Declaration

Answer 5

a letter from the British foreign secretary (lord Balfour) showing support for a jewish homeland ,

Question 6

why was the Balfour Declaration made

Answer 6

the British wanted the USA to join them in ww1 and they believed jews could put pressure on the gov

Question 7

what was the catch with the Balfour declaration

Answer 7

they called it a “national home” not a state

Question 8

what was the Arab nationalist manifesto

Answer 8

a document calling for independence from the turks and unity among Arabs

Question 9

when was the Arab nationalist manifesto

Answer 9

1913

Question 10

why did the British show support for the Arabs independence in during ww1

Answer 10

Turkey was a German ally and they didn’t want them to block their oil supply from the Middle East

Question 11

when and how did the British show support for Arab independence

Answer 11

1915 “ Great Britain is Prepared to support the independence of Arabs” ~ British high commissioner in Egypt

Question 12

when was the Arab revolt founded

Answer 12

1916

Question 13

what was the Arab revolt

Answer 13

an army raised by Prince Faisal with the help of Lawrence of Arabia

Question 14

how did the Arab revolt help gain independence from the turks

Answer 14

1918 the Arab revolt was given permission by Britain to take Damascus in Syria from Turkey

Question 15

what was the Skyes-Picot agreement

Answer 15

a secret agreement signed by the British and the French to split Turkey’s Arab lands and share them

Question 16

when was the Skyes-Picot agreement

Answer 16

1916

Question 17

what were the reasons for the Skyes Picot agreement

Answer 17

• Britain wanted to maintain strong ties with France during the war
• They both had trading links in the east
• they wanted to protect the Suez Canal

Question 18

when was Britain given mandates over the east

Answer 18

1919 at the treaty of Versailles

Question 19

how did the British manage the mandates immediately after getting them

Answer 19

• 1921 Britain allows France to invade Syria and dethrone Faisal
• the British make Faisal king of Iraq and recognise Abdullah as leader of Transjordan

Question 20

when did the LON confirm British rule in Palestine

Answer 20

1922

Question 21

how did the Arabs feel about the British being given mandates

Answer 21

they felt they had just traded the turks for the British

Question 22

why did the Arabs think the British favoured the jews

Answer 22

at Versailles a British jew was asked what was meant by a jewish national home and he said “to make Palestine as jewish as England is English” but he made sure not to use the word state

Question 23

when did violence start

Answer 23

1921 in Jaffa and tel Aviv between rival jewish groups and jews and Arabs

Question 24

how many casualties were there in 1921

Answer 24

200 jews and 120 jews

Question 25

what did Churchill say about the Balfour Declaration

Answer 25

1921 : “it is not my wish” to change it

Question 26

how did the jewish population grow after ww1

Answer 26

in the 10 years after ww1 the jewish population doubled and by 1929 there were 100000 more jews than in 1919

Question 27

why was there tension in 1929

Answer 27

over who controlled Jerusalem

Question 28

when did jews start fleeing Germany

Answer 28

1933 when Hitler came to power

Question 29

what was the effect of nazi anti-Semitism

Answer 29

450000 jewish immigrants by 1939

Question 30

what was the dilemma with immigration during the 1930’s

Answer 30

• the British knew limiting immigration would make the Arabs happy but make the international community mad because of the human rights violations in Germany

Question 31

when did the Arab rebellion start

Answer 31

April 1936 attacks on jews started and by summer it was a civil war

Question 32

how did Britain react to the Arab rebellion

Answer 32

they hanged Arab leaders and destroyed houses with suspected terrorists and they Trained the jewish defence forced , Haganah

Question 33

when was the peel commission

Answer 33

1937

Question 34

what was the peel commission

Answer 34

recommendation to partition palestine

Question 35

how did the Arabs react to the peel commission

Answer 35

they rejected it

Question 36

how did the jews react to the peel commission

Answer 36

they wanted more land

Question 37

when is the Arab rebellion stopped

Answer 37

1939

Question 38

when was the white paper issued

Answer 38

1939

Question 39

why is the white paper issued

Answer 39

to keep the Arab countries on Britain’s side for the approaching ww2 for oil

Question 40

what are the term of the white paper

Answer 40

• Palestine will be independent in 10 years
• 100000 jewish immigrants allowed per year
  25000 refugees per year
  -no more jews after 5 years unless Arabs allow