A Short Survey of the Palestine Problem (ص 9)
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- عنوان
- A Short Survey of the Palestine Problem (ص 9)
- المحتوى
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presence in India, Egypt, and other parts of Africa ; and
at the protection of the supply routes connecting its colo-
nies. Furthermore, new developments appeared on the
international scene. Competition among the world colonial
powers reached its peak especially with the rise of new
powers with strong colonial ambitions. The strength of
these ambitions out-weighed the previous agreements
reached among them concerning the partition of the world
into spheres of influence. Besides this, new areas were
opened in the Arab Middle East for competition among
the colonial powers as a result of the collapse of the Ot-
tomann Empire. It should be mentioned also that the be-
ginning of the 20th Century witnessed the rise of « in-
dependence movements » in the colonised territories.
New plans were required for Britain to face all these
new developments. It was evident that Palestine, due
to its strategic position, would play an important role in
the future of British imperialism.
Palestine is particularly important for the defence
of Sinai and the Suez Canal. It is also a base of vital
importance for any future expansionist plans which might
be contemplated, after the fall of the Ottoman Empire,
into Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and the Arabian Peninsula.
2. Britain saw at that early stage that the mere
inclusion of Palestine within its sphere of influence was
not sufficient to protect its vital interests around the
9 - هو جزء من
- A Short Survey of the Palestine Problem
- تاريخ
- نوفمبر ١٩٦٦
- المنشئ
- Darwazah, al-Ḥakam
- دروزة، الحكم
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