Palestine Mandate The Framework for the Jewish National Home

Palestine under the Ottoman Empire

The Jewish Yishuv in 1914 Population - 80,000 among 700,000  Old Yishuv 50,000 In Jerusalem – 40,000  New Yishuv 30,000 <= First and Second Aliyah <= Lovers of Zion Baron Rothchild JCA Jaffa, Haifa, Agricultural settlements

Zionist Presence in Palestine  Until 1914 Zionist Agents among others:  The Jewish National Fund  The Palestine Office  During the War: Weakening of Old Yishuv Strengthening of New Yishuv Zionist Agents become Central

Ottoman Empire Decline map

Outcomes of the War British Interests in the Region Jewish and Zionist Lobby => The Balfour Declaration 1917 The Versailles Peace Treaties – the creation of the League of Nations The mandate system Recognition of nationalities and the rights of national minorities

The Palestine Mandate and the Jewish National Home

The Mandate Framework

Jewish National Home