Middle East 101, Week III

The Arab Revolt, the Peel Commission, and the UN Partition Plan

Palestine Arabs at Abou Ghosh take the oath of allegiance to the Arab cause to fight Jewish immigration

Old town Jaffa. British troops searching inhabitants for arms

Next week’s reading

In 1933, the Nazis took power in Germany, and their infamous persecution of Jewry brought an exodus of Jews from Germany and other European countries to Palestine. Simmering resentment, among Arabs, became violence. Various Palestinian political parties and groupings united to form an Arab Executive Committee, and Palestinian antagonism to the Mandate from then on gathered strength; Palestinian demands for independence were inspired by simultaneous nationalist agitations in Egypt and Syria, which ultimately forced Great Britain and France to open treaty negotiations with both.