BRITISH MANDATE

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British Mandate for Palestine (WW I to 1948)

The 1920s

• What is the overview of the Mandate Period?
• What was the purpose of the British Mandate for Palestine?
• What did the Zionists do to build a country during the Mandate Period?
• What was the controversy over the Western Wall during the Mandate Period?
• Who was the Grand Mufti, Haj Muhammed Amin al-Husseini?
• What happened during the Arab riots of 1920-1921?
• What was the White Paper of 1922?
• How did the Arab territory of Transjordan come into being?
• What is the history of the Jewish Armed Forces in Mandate Palestine?
• What happened during the Arab riots of 1929?

The 1930s

• What was the Shaw Commission in 1929-1930?
• What was the Hope-Simpson report?
• What was the Passfield White Paper of 1930?
• What was the MacDonald Letter of 1931?
• What happened during the Arab Revolt of 1936-39?
• What was the Peel Commission of 1936-1937?
• What was the Woodhead Commission of 1938?
• What was the the St. James Conference of 1939?
• What was the McDonald White Paper of 1939?
• What was The Evian Conference?

The 1940s

• What happened in Palestine during World War II?
• What Happened at the Zionist Biltmore Conference in May 1942?
• What was the situation at the end of World War II?
• What was the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry?
• Why did Jewish armed resistance against the British begin?
• Why did the British oppose Jewish immigration to Palestine?
• When did the United Nations become involved?
• Why did the British Mandate come to an end in 1948?
• Were the Zionists the same as colonialists?

Sources and additional reading on this topic:

• Palestine 1916 - 2001 : A Documentary Record
• The God that did not fail
• Arabs Recognized Israel - 1919