by hadassah | Nov 19, 2008 | Returning and Redemption, The Arab Revolt
Palestine: Statement of Policy (Cmd. 6019) – May 1939: Important Points Click here to view the complete Palestine- Statement of Policy (Cmd. 6019) – May 1939 (The White Paper of 1939). In the statement on Palestine, issued on 9th November 1938, His...
by hadassah | Nov 6, 2008 | The Arab Revolt
The Arab Revolt, 1936-1939 As Hitler rose to power in Germany and began to implement the genocide of the Jewish people, increased numbers of Jews immigrated to Palestine, legally and illegally. At the Cairo Conference in 1921, a partition of Palestine was...
by hadassah | Apr 16, 2008 | Returning and Redemption, The Arab Revolt
Peel Commission Report, Excerpt from: O’Brien, Conor Cruise. The Siege: The Saga of Israel and Zionism. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986. The commission’s report, a lucid and impressive document, was published in July 1937. In it’s main findings it declared-...
by hadassah | Apr 16, 2008 | Returning and Redemption, The Arab Revolt
Sanctions! (cartoon), Falastin, July 23, 1936. Sanctions!.. John Bull – My country has on July 13th. raised the white flag and lifted the sanctions of Italy… Mussolini – To be accurate, my old man, the sanctions were lifted on April 19th. when...
by hadassah | Apr 16, 2008 | The Arab Revolt
Safety First! (cartoon), Falastin, July 18, 1936. Safety First! “To be or not to be…this is the question” John Bull– Under the obligations of the Anglo-Egyptian treaty, I have only to put one foot on the eastern side of the Canal to make of the...
by hadassah | Apr 16, 2008 | Returning and Redemption, The Arab Revolt
The Jewish Case Against the Palestine White Paper – Documents Submitted to the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations – 1939, pp.5-35. Dr. Weizmann’s Letter to the Permanent Mandates Commission, pp. 5-14 Protest against provisions of White...
