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Arab Israeli Conflict. Ottoman Empire in 1683. Ottoman Empire in 1914. Key Vocabulary. Pogrom -massacres of Russian jews Zionist - Jews who wanted recreate Israel Aliyah - ‘home-coming’ return to Palestine McMahon- Governor of Cairo Sharif of Mecca- Leader of Arab Revolt
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Key Vocabulary • Pogrom -massacres of Russian jews • Zionist - Jews who wanted recreate Israel • Aliyah- ‘home-coming’ return to Palestine • McMahon- Governor of Cairo • Sharif of Mecca- Leader of Arab Revolt • Hashemite- Sharif’s tribe. Descendants of the Prophet and traditional guardians of Jerusalem • Sanjak- District • Vilayet- Prefecture ( area ruled by a Governor) • Kibbutz- early Jewish settlements
Impact of Balfour Declaration • Largely influenced by Chaim Weizmann a British scientist • Homeland not state • Zionists saw this as a legal basis for their aspirations • As a British American endorsement of their goals • Arabs on the other hand saw this as the first of a number of betrayals by a new colonial ruler • Arabs refused to cooperate in any institution that called for joint participation and turned to strikes and boycotts to lodge their protest
Mandate • Dispute over the boundaries of Palestine itself • San Remo Conference 1920, Palestine becomes a Mandate of the LON • 1922 the British divide the Mandate: Palestine and Transjordan • Mandate viewed with anger by Arabs and the attempt by the Sharif’s family to set up an Arab state of Palestine with Feisal the eldest son as the ruler • Driven out by the French who took over Syria and Lebanon • 1922: second son of Sharif appointed King of Transjordan