Case Study 3-1

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Case Study 3-1

• The Arab-Israeli Conflict

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1.What document formed the basis of British
policy regarding Palestine during WW2?

• The 1939 White Paper
• 2.To whom did the Zionists turn for support
  during the war?
• The United States of America

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3. How did WW2 affect European Jewish people?

• Extreme genocide, resulting in 6m killed
• 4. P. 174 The White Paper immigration quotas
  were finally exhausted in December 1945 What
  was the next step to be taken then, according to
  the 1939 White Paper?
• Discontinue immigration to Palestine

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5.a. What did American President Truman want
British Prime Minister Attlee to do in 1945 about
the thousands of displaced Jewish immigrants?

• Lift immigration restrictions to let in 100,000
  Jews
• b. What did Attlee do?
• Temporarily increased Jewish immigration to 1500
  per month announced formation of Anglo-American
  Committee of Inquiry

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6. Why was the issue of post-WW2 Jewish
immigration so much more urgent than the pre-war
issue?

• They literally had no homes to return to
• 7.What three recommendations did the
  Anglo-American Committee make?
• Ruled out the need for an Arab or Jewish state in
  Palestine
• Recommended international trusteeship under
  British control
• Agreed to increase Jewish immigration to 100,000

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8. Ernest Bevin,Britains Foreign Minister,
stated Britain would only agree to the full
100,000 immigrants if what conditions were met?

• If the Jews disbanded their secret armies
• If Americans would send troops to help preserve
  order
• 9. Continued negotiations resulted in the
  Morrison-Grady Plan.What did it propose? What
  happened?
• It proposed two autonomous provinces in
  Palestine- 1 Arab, 1 Jewish negotiations
  stopped, as neither Arabs nor Jews were interested

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10. How did the radical secret army, the Irgun,
plan to get the British to leave Palestine?

• Through terrorism railway systembridges Army
  camps Army stores planes King David Hotel
• 11. In the Yom Kippur Address, what plan did
  President Truman state the USA would be willing
  to support?
• The creation of a separate Jewish state in
  Palestine 100,000 immigrants

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12. To what newly-formed body did Britain plan to
hand over the whole Palestine problem?

• The United Nations
• 13a. Outline the main provisions of the UN
  partition plan.
• Palestine to be partitioned into Arab and Jewish
  states with economic union Jerusalem to be
  international city
• b. Who rejected the plan? Was it implemented?
• The USA withdrew support. No

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14. In 1947 civil war broke out between the Arabs
and Jews. What serious new problem did this
create?

• About 700,000 Palestinian refugees
• 15. What were the Jewish people able to proclaim
  in 1948, as a result of military operations?
• independence

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16. In what way could King Abdullah of
Trans-Jordan be considered a traitor to the
cause of the Arabs?

• He was hoping to get territory in Palestine for
  himself
• 17. Describe the details and outcome of Israels
  first war as a new country.

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• May 15- Syria, Iraq, Egypt,and Trans-Jordan
  invaded Israel
• UN sent Bernadotte Serot to mediate- Stern
  group assassinated them
• December- Israel won
• Israel got land bordering on the Mediterranean
  Sea, Jordan got West Bank and East Jerusalem,
  Egypt got Gaza Strip