AIM: How did Britain’s
actions in Palestine
after 1918 lay the
groundwork for the ongoing conflict between
the Jews and Arabs in
the Middle East today?
Do Now
• Make a list describing what happened at
the end of WWI
• Treaty of Versailles
• Break up of Ottoman Empire- spheres of influence
among the victors
• Wilson’s 14 Points:
• SELF-DETERMINATION- how does this fit into the
conflict?
• League of Nations
The League of Nations
Mandates
British
Mandate in
Palestine
Created
July, 1922
The League of Nations
Mandates Britain:
Palestine &
Iraq
France: Syria
Who should
get Palestine
once the
mandate
ends?
• Jews?
• Arabs?
Oil!
 Britain signs a secret
negotiation with Kuwait
granting them exclusive
oil rights
 In 1933, American oil
companies win an oil
concession in Saudi
Arabia.
 ARAMCO [ArabAmerican
Oil Co,] is created in
McMahon-Hussein vs. Balfour
• Jews flood Palestine feeling protected by
Balfour
• Arabs pressure British to keep promises
• What’s the growing problem? Think of
sisters sharing a bedroom…
Jews & Arabs in Palestine,
1920
×
In 1920, there
was 1 Jew to
every 10 Arabs in
Palestine.
×
By 1947, the
ratio
was 2 Arabs for
every Jew.
The Arabs felt that
they were loosing
control of their
“country!”
Jewish Settlements:
The Kibbutz System
 First one founded in 1908.
 Communal living.
 “Make the Desert
Bloom!”
1929 Arab Riots
IZBAH AL-YAHUD!
[“Slaughter All the Jews!”]
Jewish
Immigration
1919
1,806
1931
4,075
1920
8,223
1932
12,533
1921
8,294
1933
37,337
1922
8,685
1934
45,267
1923
8,175
1935
66,472
1924
13,892
1936
29,595
1925
34,386
1937
10,629
1926
13,855
1938
14,675
1927
3,034
1939
31,195
1928
2,178
1940
10,643
1929
5,249
1941
4,592
1930
4,944
Palestine Arab Revolt:
1936-1939
Their Goals:
 An end to Jewish
immigration to
Palestine.
 An end to the transfer
of lands to Jewish
owners.
 A new “general
representative
government.”
The Grand Mufti of
Jerusalem, Haj Amin
al-Hussani, with Adolf
Hitler.
The Peel
Commissio
n Partition
Plan, 1937
British White Paper of 1939
 Limited Jewish
immigration to
Palestine to 75,000 over
the next five years.
 It ended Jewish land
purchases.
 Independence for
Palestine within 10
years.
 It is NOT British policy
that Palestine become a
Jewish state.
The “Arab Legion” of the
British Army During WW2
The “Jewish Brigade” of the
British Army During WW2
Hitler’s
“Final
Solution
”
The Jewish population in each country in 1942.
The Nazi Holocaust
 6,000,000 Jews
killed
by the Nazis [1/2 in
the concentration
camps.]
Aliyah Bet : Illegal Jewish
Immigration
Aliyah Bet
 Illegal Jewish immigration to Palestine.
 The Exodus, 1947.
Palestine
Populatio
n in 1946
Jewish “Freedom Fighters”
(or “Terrorists”?)
Irgun Zvai Leumi
[Natl. Military Org.]
Avraham Stern &
The Stern Gang
Debate
• I am Britain. Generate an argument as
to why your assigned group should be
given the land of Palestine.
PERSUADE ME!
• Include :
– Your goals
– Promises I made to you
– What wrongdoings have been committed
against you
– question for the opposing group that
furthers your argument