Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1981

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Frazer, Heather

Abstract

This is an attempt to trace the course of British policy toward the Jewish people and their relationship with Palestine. In 1917, Britain pledged, in the Balfour Declaration, to help the Jews regain their biblical homeland. Spurred by post World War I anti-Semitic outbursts, there began the return to Palestine. The British promise was given international ratification when the League of Nations awarded the mandate for Palestine to Britain, stressing the language of the pledge. An uneasy calm prevailed until Arab resistance to this concept coalesced and a general strike, in 1936, expanded into a full-scale rebellion. Efforts to deal with the revolt and the decision to placate the Arabs ultimately led to near capitulation. The result was that both the Declaration and the terms of the mandate were abrogated. The conclusion is that a Munich-type appeasement inspired this reversal in policy.

Extent

278 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1981.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT14087

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