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The British Cabinet came up with yet a third idea to include the Arab population in the development of a local government. Just as the Jews had a Jewish Agency to participate in decision making around economic and social matters, the Arabs were offered an Arab Agency. In October of 1923, the Arab leaders rejected […]
Winston Churchill “Economic absorptive capacity of Palestine (e.g. for immigration of Jews). As I am the author of the phrase, perhaps I may be allowed to state that economic absorptive capacity was never intended to rule without regard to any other consideration” Source: House of Commons Official Report, May 22nd, 1939
The Partition of the Palestine Mandate Under Article 25 of the Palestine Mandate “the field in which the Jewish national home was to be established was understood, at the time of the Balfour Declaration, to be the whole of historic Palestine, and the Zionists were seriously disappointed when trans-Jordan was cut away from that field […]
Palestine Arab Delegation: “Whereas we see division and tension between Arabs and Zionists increasing day by day and resulting in general retrogression. Because the immigrants dumped upon the country from different parts of the world are ignorant of the language, customs, and character of the Arabs, and enter Palestine by the might of England against […]
The British Governor of the Sinai (1922-36) reported in the Palestine Royal Commission Report: “This illegal immigration was not only going on from the Sinai, but also from Transjordan and Syria.” Source: http://hm-holyland.blogspot.com/2011/12/arabs-in-holy-land-natives-or-aliens.html
“The Arabs would have sat in the dark forever had not the Zionist engineers harnessed the Jordan river for electrification. Now they swarm into Palestine in seeking the light.” Source: Winston Churchill, 1922 “A Peace to End All Peace”
“The eventual result was the Iraq establishment of the Hashemite kingdom of Iraq with three very different constituencies, divided by language, ethnic origins, and religion. In effect, the British stitched together three sections of the Ottoman Empire, the only commonality among them being the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The southern provinces, largely consisting of Shi’a […]
… On May 6, 1921, a raid was made from neighboring Arab villages upon Khedera. The lives of the colonists were saved by the arrival of an aeroplane, but two houses were burned and 14 houses were wholly or partially ransacked. Much cattle is said to have been stolen. The raid on Khedera on […]
“Arabs of Jaffa murderously attacked Jewish inhabitants of the town and Arab raids were made on five Jewish rural settlements; the disorders were suppressed by the police and military forces. Forty-seven Jews were killed and 146 wounded, mostly by Arabs … The hostility shown towards the Jews during the riots was shared by Arabs of […]
(British High Commissioner) Herbert Samuel supports the appointment of Haj Amin al-Husseini as the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem “I saw Haj Amin Husseini on Friday and discussed with him at considerable length the political situation and the question of his appointment to the office of grand Mufti. Mr. Storrs was also present, and in the […]