The Land That Was Promised Three Times

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The Land That Was Promised Three Times
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WW1 and the Jews
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The Middle East 1914
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The promise to the ArabsThe Hussein McMahon
correspondence 1915

• (1) Subject to the above modifications, Great
  Britain is prepared to recognise and support the
  independence of the Arabs in all the regions
  within the limits demanded by the Sherif of
  Mecca.
• The two districts of Mersina and Alexandretta and
  portions of Syria lying to the west of the
  districts of Damascus, Homs, Hama.and Aleppo
  cannot be said to be purely Arab, and should be
  excluded from the limits demanded.

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The promise to the ArabsThe Hussein McMahon
correspondence 1915
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The Sykes-Picot Agreement

• That France and Great Britain are prepared to
  recognize and protect an independent Arab State
  or a Confederation of Arab States in the areas
  (A) and (B) marked on the annexed map, under the
  suzerainty of an Arab chief. That in area (A)
  France, and in area (B) Great Britain, shall have
  priority of right of enterprise and local loans.
  That in area (A) France, and in area (B) Great
  Britain, shall alone supply advisers or foreign
  functionaries at the request of the Arab State or
  Confederation of Arab States.
• That in the brown area there shall be established
  an international administration, the form of
  which is to be decided upon after consultation
  with Russia, and subsequently in consultation
  with the other Allies, and the representatives of
  the Shereef of Mecca.

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Britain and France agreement - 1916
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The Balfour declaration 1917

• "His Majesty's Government view with favour the
  establishment in Palestine of a national home for
  the Jewish people, and will use their best
  endeavours to facilitate the achievement of the
  object, it being clearly understood that nothing
  shall be done which may prejudice the civil and
  religious' rights of existing non-Jewish
  communities in Palestine, or the rights and
  political status enjoyed by Jews in any other
  country".

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The reasons for the Balfour declaration

• Influencing the Americans to join the War
• Influencing the Russians not to abandon the War
• To be ahead of a possible Germen Pro Zionist
  declaration
• Supporting a persecuted people is a justify way
  to avoid previous agreement with the French
• The religious attitude of British leaders,
  Lloyd-Gorge and Balfour

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The Balfour declaration
The Zionist demand 1919
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The dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire
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League of Nations The Mandate for Palestine,
July 24, 1922

• the Mandatory should be responsible for putting
  into effect the declaration originally made on
  November 2nd, 1917, by the Government of His
  Britannic Majesty, and adopted by the said
  Powers, in favour of the establishment in
  Palestine of a national home for the Jewish
  people, it being clearly understood that nothing
  should be done which might prejudice the civil
  and religious rights of existing non-Jewish
  communities in Palestine, or the rights and
  political status enjoyed by Jews in any other
  country and
• Whereas recognition has thereby been given to the
  historical connection of the Jewish people with
  Palestine and to the grounds for reconstituting
  their national home in that country
• Article 6.
• The Administration of Palestine, while ensuring
  that the rights and position of other sections of
  the population are not prejudiced, shall
  facilitate Jewish immigration under suitable
  conditions and shall encourage, in co-operation
  with the Jewish agency close settlement by Jews,
  on the land, including State lands and waste
  lands not required for public purposes.

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Palestine according to British Mandate
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The leadership of the Bolshevik party August
1917