Stolen Land? Flashcards
Phone books filled with _ family names
Foreign
Name Elmisri
Egyptian
Chalabi
Syrian
Mugrabi
North African
Nov 2 1917, British foreign secretary Arthur Balfour issued a statement in a letter to
Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild
Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild was the
Leader of the British Jewish community
In statement, “his majesty’s government view with favour, _
The establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people”
In letter, it was stated that nothing shall be done that
May prejudice civil and religious rights of non-Jewish communities in Palestine
Letter to lord Lionel Walter Rothschild was first time
Major power had expressed support for Zionism
British also encouraging most vociferous opponents to Zionism, the
Arabs
_ admitted that the very concept of Arab nationalism was a British invention
Colonel T. E. Lawrence
T. E. Lawrence aka
Lawrence of Arabia
Phrase “Arab movement” invented in
Cairo
“Arab movement” was a common denominator for all the
Vague discontent towards turkey
Discontent towards turkey before 1916, existed in
The Arab provences
Arabs didn’t play a huge role in British
Victory over the Turks
Muslim historian Muhammad Kurd Ali recounted
British reduced town, Arabs entered
When Arabs entered,
Credit was attributed to them
British provided the Arabs with _ that nobody could miss
Sitting targets
Arabs felt _ by British
Owed
Not being owed helped Arabs justify
Attacking Jews
Resisting settlements in Palestine
British played both ends
Against the middle
The fighting Arabs did alongside British felt owed and that Jews
We owed nothing
Allowing Arabs to fight along British was a calculated move to win
Arab hearts and minds
One of the final acts of the dying Ottoman Empire was to
Concede control of lands
Lands to be conceded, known under British authority as (2)
Palestine
Transjordan
Lands weee conceded to the
League of Nations
In _ league granted administrative contol over the territories to Britain
July 24, 1922
