Stolen Land? Flashcards

(28 cards)

1
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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
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Arabs felt _ by British

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

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Arab hearts and minds

25
One of the final acts of the dying Ottoman Empire was to
Concede control of lands
26
Lands to be conceded, known under British authority as (2)
Palestine Transjordan
27
Lands weee conceded to the
League of Nations
28
In _ league granted administrative contol over the territories to Britain
July 24, 1922