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Balfour Declaration

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.

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Balfour Declaration

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  1. Balfour Declaration

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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 2 1917

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

  6. 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

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

  8. Balfour Declaration • IN Palestine • Not the entire Palestine

  9. Balfour Declaration • NATIONAL HOME • Position of UK was unclear

  10. Balfour Declaration • OBJECT • No precise conception

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

  12. Resolution on Palestine • Nov 29 1947 • 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 15 1948 Ben-Gurion proclaims the State of Israel

  13. 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

  14. 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

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

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