Prince Faisal at Versailles, 1919 Arab Disappointment. The Balfour Declaration incorporated into British Mandate over Palestine. Iraq, Jordan and Palestine all more or less under British control. Only the Arabian peninsula truly independent.

The Middle East Between the Wars

The British in Palestine (1919-1947)

British Mandate in Palestine Created July, 1922 British Mandate in Palestine Created July, 1922. Transjordan divided from Palestine.

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 losing control of their “country!”

Jewish Settlements: The Kibbutz System First one founded in 1908. Communal living. “Make the Desert Bloom!”

Jewish immigration to Palestine during the British Mandate 1919 1,806 1920 8,223 1921 8,294 1922 8,685 1923 8,175 1924 13,892 1925 34,386 1926 13,855 1927 3,034 1928 2,178 1929 5,249 1930 4,944 Immigration 1931 4,075 1932 12,533 1933 37,337 1934 45,267 1935 66,472 1936 29,595 1937 10,629 1938 14,675 1939 31,195 1940 10,643 1941 4,592

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 Peel Commission 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.