The paper deals with the emergence of modern Zionism, spurred by pogroms and persecution directed against European Jewry. It highlights the situation in Palestine under Ottoman rule, before and after Jewish mass immigration.
The decades before the foundation of the Jewish state are of particular interest. The British Mandate period illustrates the competing struggle of two ethnic groups, i.e. Arabs and Jews, for sovereignty in the entity called Palestine. A superpower (Great Britain) attempts to contain sparking violence and works hard on equitable and fair solutions, e.g. various partition plans (two-state solutions). Modern-day politicians and conflict analysts should take this history into account.
Contents
I. Introduction
II. Zionism and the British Mandate
1. Zionism
1.1. Definition
1.2. Forerunners
1.3. Theodor Herzl
1.3.1. Life
1.3.2. Zionist work
1.4. Other Zionist mainstreams
2. Palestine
2.1. Palestine under Ottoman rule
2.2. Palestine during World War I
2.3. The Balfour Declaration
2.4. The Mandate
2.5. Early riots and hostilities
2.6. The civil administration
3. Zionist politics in Palestine
3.1. Reactions after Jaffa
3.2. Zionist organization and policy
4. Escalation of the ‘war’
4.1. The screen incident
4.2. Outburst of violence
5. Terror
5.1. Reactions
5.2. The Passfield White Paper
5.3. Arab nationalism
5.4. The Arab Rebellion
5.4.1. Start and strike
5.4.2. Zionist policy and reaction
5.4.3. The Peel Commission
5.4.4. Suppression
5.4.5. The British White Paper
6. World War II
6.1. Zionist policy
6.1.1. General line
6.1.2. Means to fight the White Paper
6.1.3. Cooperation with the British Army
6.2. Terror against the British
6.3. The end of the War
7. A Jewish state
7.1. Jewish terror
7.2. The end of the Mandate
7.2.1. Britain’s position
7.2.2. The partition plan
7.2.3. The ‘War of Independence’
III. Conclusion
IV. Appendix
A) Annotations
B) Maps
C) Sources