Stolen Land? Flashcards

1
Q

Phone books filled with _ family names

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Foreign

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2
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Name Elmisri

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Egyptian

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3
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Chalabi

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Syrian

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4
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Mugrabi

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North African

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5
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Nov 2 1917, British foreign secretary Arthur Balfour issued a statement in a letter to

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Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild

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6
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Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild was the

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Leader of the British Jewish community

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7
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In statement, “his majesty’s government view with favour, _

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The establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people”

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8
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In letter, it was stated that nothing shall be done that

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May prejudice civil and religious rights of non-Jewish communities in Palestine

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9
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Letter to lord Lionel Walter Rothschild was first time

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Major power had expressed support for Zionism

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10
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British also encouraging most vociferous opponents to Zionism, the

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Arabs

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11
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_ admitted that the very concept of Arab nationalism was a British invention

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Colonel T. E. Lawrence

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12
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T. E. Lawrence aka

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Lawrence of Arabia

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13
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Phrase “Arab movement” invented in

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Cairo

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14
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“Arab movement” was a common denominator for all the

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Vague discontent towards turkey

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15
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Discontent towards turkey before 1916, existed in

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The Arab provences

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16
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Arabs didn’t play a huge role in British

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Victory over the Turks

17
Q

Muslim historian Muhammad Kurd Ali recounted

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British reduced town, Arabs entered

18
Q

When Arabs entered,

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Credit was attributed to them

19
Q

British provided the Arabs with _ that nobody could miss

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Sitting targets

20
Q

Arabs felt _ by British

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Owed

21
Q

Not being owed helped Arabs justify

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Attacking Jews

Resisting settlements in Palestine

22
Q

British played both ends

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Against the middle

23
Q

The fighting Arabs did alongside British felt owed and that Jews

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We owed nothing

24
Q

Allowing Arabs to fight along British was a calculated move to win

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Arab hearts and minds

25
Q

One of the final acts of the dying Ottoman Empire was to

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Concede control of lands

26
Q

Lands to be conceded, known under British authority as (2)

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Palestine

Transjordan

27
Q

Lands weee conceded to the

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League of Nations

28
Q

In _ league granted administrative contol over the territories to Britain

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July 24, 1922