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Part I (1917-1947)
Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem: 1917-1947 (Part I)
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1 Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem: 1917-1947 (Part I)
1.1 Introduction
1.2 I. The Beginnings of the Palestine Issue
1.2.1 The disintegration of the Ottoman Empire
1.2.2 Anglo-Arab understandings on Arab independence
1.2.3 The Committee on the Husain-McMahon correspondence
1.3 II. The Balfour Declaration
1.3.1 The historical background of the “Jewish national home” concept
1.3.2 Zionist efforts directed at the British Government
1.3.3 The drafting of the Declaration
1.3.4 The “safeguards” in the Declaration
1.3.5 The meaning of the Balfour Declaration
1.3.6 The reactions to the Declaration
1.3.7 The implications of the Declaration
1.4 III. The League of Nations Mandates
1.4.1 Arab nationalism and Great Power plans
1.4.2 The Covenant of the League of Nations
1.4.3 The allocation of Arab territories
1.4.4 The working of the Mandates System
1.5 IV. Palestine Mandated
1.5.1 The Zionist Commission
1.5.2 The Paris Peace Conference
The question of
Palestine was
brought before
the United
Nations shortly
after the end of
the Second World
War.
The origins of the
Palestine
problem as an
international
issue, however,
lie in events
occurring
towards the end
of the First World
War. These
events led to a
League of
Nations decision
