The Arab-Jewish-British Conflict Origins and development

Main Issues  Jews : Free Immigration  majority  Sovereignty  Arabs : Maintaining majority  Rights on the land  British : Balance and welfare

Changing Attitudes Jews: Recognizing Arab-Palestinian nationalism  Abandoning belief in co-existence. Arabs: Abandoning trust in the British British: Retreating from the Jewish national Home

Stages  1920 Jerusalem Disturbances  1921 Jaffa Riots  1929 Hebron Riots  The Arab revolt

Optional Solutions  Legislative Council  Parity  Cantons  Bi-National State  Partition

Partition Plan Peel Commission

The Retreat from the National Home obligation The White Paper of May 1939 Final limits to Aliyah: 75,000 over 5 years Final limits to Jewish land purchase Outbreak of WWII September 1939