origins of conflict Flashcards

(40 cards)

1
Q

who came up with the idea of a jewish homeland

A

Theodor Herzel : in a book called “the Jewish state” 1896

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

what are jews in favour of a jewish homeland called

A

zionists

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

between 1880 and 1914 how many jews settled in Palestine

A

60000

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

when was the Balfour declaration

A

November 1917

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

what was the Balfour Declaration

A

a letter from the British foreign secretary (lord Balfour) showing support for a jewish homeland ,

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

why was the Balfour Declaration made

A

the British wanted the USA to join them in ww1 and they believed jews could put pressure on the gov

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

what was the catch with the Balfour declaration

A

they called it a “national home” not a state

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

what was the Arab nationalist manifesto

A

a document calling for independence from the turks and unity among Arabs

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

when was the Arab nationalist manifesto

A

1913

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

why did the British show support for the Arabs independence in during ww1

A

Turkey was a German ally and they didn’t want them to block their oil supply from the Middle East

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

when and how did the British show support for Arab independence

A

1915 “ Great Britain is Prepared to support the independence of Arabs” ~ British high commissioner in Egypt

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

when was the Arab revolt founded

A

1916

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

what was the Arab revolt

A

an army raised by Prince Faisal with the help of Lawrence of Arabia

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

how did the Arab revolt help gain independence from the turks

A

1918 the Arab revolt was given permission by Britain to take Damascus in Syria from Turkey

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

what was the Skyes-Picot agreement

A

a secret agreement signed by the British and the French to split Turkey’s Arab lands and share them

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

when was the Skyes-Picot agreement

A

1916

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

what were the reasons for the Skyes Picot agreement

A
  • Britain wanted to maintain strong ties with France during the war
  • They both had trading links in the east
  • they wanted to protect the Suez Canal
18
Q

when was Britain given mandates over the east

A

1919 at the treaty of Versailles

19
Q

how did the British manage the mandates immediately after getting them

A
  • 1921 Britain allows France to invade Syria and dethrone Faisal
  • the British make Faisal king of Iraq and recognise Abdullah as leader of Transjordan
20
Q

when did the LON confirm British rule in Palestine

21
Q

how did the Arabs feel about the British being given mandates

A

they felt they had just traded the turks for the British

22
Q

why did the Arabs think the British favoured the jews

A

at Versailles a British jew was asked what was meant by a jewish national home and he said “to make Palestine as jewish as England is English” but he made sure not to use the word state

23
Q

when did violence start

A

1921 in Jaffa and tel Aviv between rival jewish groups and jews and Arabs

24
Q

how many casualties were there in 1921

A

200 jews and 120 jews

25
what did Churchill say about the Balfour Declaration
1921 : "it is not my wish" to change it
26
how did the jewish population grow after ww1
in the 10 years after ww1 the jewish population doubled and by 1929 there were 100000 more jews than in 1919
27
why was there tension in 1929
over who controlled Jerusalem
28
when did jews start fleeing Germany
1933 when Hitler came to power
29
what was the effect of nazi anti-Semitism
450000 jewish immigrants by 1939
30
what was the dilemma with immigration during the 1930's
- the British knew limiting immigration would make the Arabs happy but make the international community mad because of the human rights violations in Germany
31
when did the Arab rebellion start
April 1936 attacks on jews started and by summer it was a civil war
32
how did Britain react to the Arab rebellion
they hanged Arab leaders and destroyed houses with suspected terrorists and they Trained the jewish defence forced , Haganah
33
when was the peel commission
1937
34
what was the peel commission
recommendation to partition palestine
35
how did the Arabs react to the peel commission
they rejected it
36
how did the jews react to the peel commission
they wanted more land
37
when is the Arab rebellion stopped
1939
38
when was the white paper issued
1939
39
why is the white paper issued
to keep the Arab countries on Britain's side for the approaching ww2 for oil
40
what are the term of the white paper
- Palestine will be independent in 10 years - 100000 jewish immigrants allowed per year 25000 refugees per year -no more jews after 5 years unless Arabs allow