palistinian mandate Flashcards
Why did Britain want Palestine?
It was strategically useful
what was Palestine part of?
Arabia, which was part of the Ottoman Empire
during World War I, what did Britain fuel in Arabia?
Nationalist sentiment
what agreement helped Britain get what they wanted?
Sykes picot agreement
when was the Sykes picot agreement
1915 to 1916
what did Britain and France do during the Sykes picot agreement
Britain and France divided the area that they wanted
When was the Balfour declaration?
1917
Who was Balfour
The foreign secretary who wrote to Rothschild expressing sympathies for Zionist aspirations
what was the Balfour declaration?
The British government promises to the support the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine but not a Jewish state or all of Palestine
Why did Britain and France did deliberately encourage Arab nationalism?
To help beat the tucks
When does Britain secure the Palestinian mandate?
1922
what does Britain inherit as a result of receiving the Palestinian mandate?
A Palestinian population who wants to be independent and the Jewish expectation that they were deliver on their promise
What did the 1922 white paper say?
It shuts down the idea of the Jewish state and says that the whole of Palestine will not be a Jewish national home but that home will be founded in Palestine
what is the ratio of Arabs to Jews in Palestine in 1920 compared to 1947?
in 1920 it was 10 to one
And in 1947, it was 2 to one
what was the difficulty of the rising Jewish population in Palestine for Britain?
It made the promise more difficult to fulfil
