Outbreak of Civil War - Long-Term Causes - Anti-Semitism
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What was the effect of Jewish persecution in the 1930s on Jewish immigration to Palestine?
Jewish settlement increased substantially; even more so than in the 1920s:
This was principally due to:
- Between 1929-1939: Jewish population in Palestine tripled to 450,000
This was principally due to:
- 1933: Hitler coming to power; and increasingly anti-Semitic Policies
- 1938: Austria and Czechoslovakian persecution of the Jews too
What was the impact of Jewish immigration to Palestine on the Arab population and how did this increase tensions?
1929-1939: the Jewish population in Palestine trebled to 450,000
This affected the Arab Palestinians because:
This affected the Arab Palestinians because:
- Jewish immigrants bought up land and evicted Arab tenants, many of which moved to towns to find work
- For example, between 1920-39, Jewish land holdings in Palestine increased by 185%
- Moreover, although Arabs still held 85% of the cultivable land the overall value of Jewish land and property holdings in Palestine was greater than that of the Arabs by 1939.
- This was because, Jewish farms were more productive, and farming units were larger
What is an example which demonstrates the results of growing economic disparity between the Arabs and the Jewish and increasing Jewish immigration?
1936-9: The Arab Revolt:
- Arabs felt threatened by the Jewish; especially the idea that their way of life was being destroyed
- 1936: a general strike escalated into large-scale Arab protests
- These continued on and off until 1939
- There were many casualties; for example in 1938: over 1600 Arabs, 290 Jews and 69 British soldiers were killed
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