Balfour Declaration

Arab nationalism Late awakening Hussein Ibn Ali, the sharif of Mecca – Rebelled x Sultan, 1916  want Arab kingdom – Exchange of letters with Henry Mc Mahon  assistance on the side of the Triple Entente  Arab Empire – borders never defined

Sykes-Picot Agreement, 1916 UK & France with the assent of Imperial Russia – Spheres of influence after the expected downfall of the Ottoman Empire – Palestine to be under INTERNATIONAL control

Balfour UK would be for the Jewish national home if it would be placed under the British protection UK wanted to bring the Jews on the side of Allies & persuade Wilson to enter the war Balfour – UK Foreign Secretary – Weizman and Lord Rotschild – Accepted by Wilson – Declaration published Nov

Balfour Declaration DECLARATION – Not a treaty WZO represents only a part of Jews Jewish people is no political or legal entity

Balfour Declaration BALFOUR – UK x France compete on Palestine France – letter to the Zionists signed by the General Secretary of the Ministery of Foerign Affaires UK – declaration signed by the Minister of Foreign Affaires

Balfour Declaration ROTSCHILD – Not Weizman – inner struggle in the WZO – Famous, a Lord

Balfour Declaration IN Palestine – Not the entire Palestine

Balfour Declaration NATIONAL HOME – Position of UK was unclear

Balfour Declaration OBJECT – No precise conception

White Paper 1939 – Arabs – Limitation of Jewish immigration and byuing of lands = „death sentence“ (Weizman)

Resolution on Palestine Nov – End of the mandate, evacuation of British troops – Nov 30 : war Jews x Arabs; British army does not move Jan 1948 UK announces the end of mandate on May 16 May Ben-Gurion proclaims the State of Israel

Faisal Arabs want a state Faisal – head of Arab national movement – UK persuades him that he needs Zionists angainst the French – 1919 signs an agreement with Weizman on Arab- Jewish cooperation and conditionaly accepts the Balfour Declaration

Faisal 1919 agreement on Arab-Jewish cooperation – Never applied – Not valid – Syria rejected the establishment of the Jewish state in Palestine – Arabs of Palestine did not recognize Faisal

Holy Sites 1947 – UN partition plan – Jerusalem to be under a special international regime – Arabs refused – Division of the city