The Final Years of the British mandate in Palestine 1945-8 - Outbreak of Civil War

3 important questions on The Final Years of the British mandate in Palestine 1945-8 - Outbreak of Civil War

Why did Arab Jewish tension escalate in the 1920s?

  1. Both were disappointed with the way that the British seemed to have gone back on their WW1 promises
  2. Moreover, (and perhaps more importantly) was the increasing number and prosperity of Jewish settlers in Palestine:

  • 1918: 60,000 Jews in Palestine (compared to 500,000 Arabs)
  • by 1928: 150,000 Jews, (compared to 600,000 Arabs)

What was the impact of WW2 in changing the Jewish Agency's foreign policy?

the USA was seen as the main power of the middle-east rather than Britain, because Britain's economic and military power was severely decreased by WW2.

What demonstrates the change in the Jewish foreign policy focus during WW2

Ben Gurion (head of the Jewish Agency) organised a conference of American Jews in New York in 1942:
Biltmore Program, called for:
  1. establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine
  2. Unlimited Jewish immigration

As news of the Holocaust emerged in the early 1940s, American Jews became more committed to Zionism and a Jewish state in Palestine and subjected both American political parties to heavy lobbying

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