The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 123)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 123)

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the problems in Palestine. Jamal al-Husseini presented the Arab
demands for the recognition of the Arab right to independence, the
abandonment of the Jewish national home, the immediate cessation of
Jewish immigration and land sales, the cancellation of the Mandate and
its replacement by a treaty of alliance with an independent Arab
Palestine.'°° The Jewish delegation wanted the continuation of the
Mandate and the Balfour Declaration, and refused to accept a minority
status in Palestine. 1°
The failure of the Round Table Conference to reach any solution led
the British government to publish its own solution on the 17th May 1939,
namely the Palestine Statement of Policy’, which became known as the
*White Paper’. It declared that the British Government desired to see an
independent Palestine state in which both the Arab and the Jewish
peoples would share authority in its government in such a way that the
essential interests of each would be secured. This state would be
ultimately established within a period of ten years, and Jewish
immigration would continue at a rate which, if economic policy allowed,
would increase the Jewish population to a level of one third of the total
population of the country. On this basis it was calculated that 75,000
more immigrants could be admitted. With regard to land sales, the White
Paper invested the High Commissioner with the power to prohibit and
regulate the transfer of land if and when he was satisfied that the ’rights
and position’ of the Arab population be duly preserved. He would also
review and modify any orders passed relating to the prohibition or
restriction of the transfer of land.”
The White Paper was rejected by the Higher Arab Committee on the
grounds that it did not concede to the Arab demands, and failed to
109 A.W. Kayyali, Palestine A Modern History. p.22
110 Ibid. 3220 Ye p.220
111 Statement of Policy (known as the ’MacDonald White Paper
17/5/1939. Cmd 6019 5 per)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources

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1990-10

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