Posted in Modern Israel on Nov 27th, 2008 No Comments »
The war was finally over, but the Zionist struggle to establish a Jewish state in Palestine continued. Great Britain came under pressure from the Arabs to get Jews out of Palestine, under pressure from the US to get more Jews into Palestine, and under pressure from Jewish terrorists who killed British soldiers and civilians.
Posted in Modern Israel on Nov 27th, 2008 No Comments »
As the Allied forces began to win the war against Hitler and the Axis nations, Jewish terrorist organizations in Palestine stepped up their attacks on Great Britain and the White Paper.
Posted in Modern Israel on Nov 27th, 2008 No Comments »
World War II started, and Hitler tried to exterminate the Jews in Europe. The British had already turned against their promise to create a Jewish state, and Jews fought against each other in Palestine. It looked like the Jews were without any friends, until Americans began to support the Jewish state.
Posted in Modern Israel on Nov 27th, 2008 No Comments »
The Riots of 1936 and the Revolt that lasted from 1937-39 demonstrated to the British that they could not afford further uprisings in Palestine if war broke out. So to placate the Arab population, the White Paper of 1939 limited Jewish immigration. And this caused the Jews to start making trouble.
Posted in Modern Israel on Nov 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
The Great Depression of the 1930’s deepened Arab discontent, and violence broke out again in 1936. The Peel Commission investigated the riots, and proposed that Palestine should be partitioned into separate Jewish and Arab states. This proposal only led to further violence.
Posted in Modern Israel on Nov 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
After the violence of 1929, thousands more Jews came to Palestine. The Jewish portions of cities grew, and many of the buildings built in the ’30’s can still be seen in Israel today. This prosperity, however, added to Arab resentment and violence would break out again.
Posted in Modern Israel on Nov 20th, 2008 No Comments »
Jewish immigration to Palestine dropped off during the 1920’s. This was due to divisions within Zionist leadership about the type of Jews they wanted in the Jewish state, and also to prosperity and success that Jews enjoyed outside Palestine. Then the violence of the Riot in 1929 made many Jews afraid to come.
Posted in Modern Israel on Nov 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Following the riot of 1920, the new High Commissioner in Palestine appointed Haj Amin Husseini as the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, and he proceeded to silence all opposition among Palestinian Arabs. Winston Churchill visited Jerusalem, new roads and neighborhoods were buit, and Hebrew University finally opened.
Posted in Modern Israel on Nov 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Violence broke out between Arabs and Jews in 1920. The Arab mobs were incited by Haj Amin Husseini, who would continue to incite violence for many years. An armed band of Jews, led by Vladimir Jabotinsky, tried to stop the violence but were stopped by British troops. This was only the beginning of violence in Palestine.
Posted in Modern Israel on Nov 13th, 2008 No Comments »
In the first days of the British Mandate for Palestine, British troops set out repairing damages made to city institutions during Turkish rule. They also tried to maintain peaceful relations between Arabs and Jews, but this would not last long.
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