The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 111)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 111)

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On the 7th July 1937, the Royal Commission’s Report was published
together with the government’s official announcement of its acceptance
in principle of the Commission’s recommendations. The chief
recommendation given by the Commission as a solution to the Palestine
problem was to abandon the Mandate and divide the country into three
sections: 1) an Arab state, comprising those areas of Palestine
predominantly Arab 2) a Jewish state comprising those areas
predominantly Jewish and 3) a third section
containing the strategic or religious areas of Palestine, namely Jerusalem
and an enclave from Jerusalem to Jaffa under British administration.”
The Jews immediately rejected the partition scheme put forward by
the Royal Commission. At the Twentieth Zionist Congress, which met in
Zurich to discuss the scheme, a majority of 300 to 158 members voted for
rejection, declaring themselves, however, prepared to discuss a definite
plan for the establishment of a Jewish state in part of Palestine. A
minority rejected the principle of partition altogether. ”
On the 8th July 1937 the Higher Arab Committee also announced its
rejection of the partition scheme ™ And on the 23rd July the Higher Arab
Committee submitted a memorandum to the Permanent Mandates
Commission and the Secretary of State for the Colonies explaining their
reasons for the rejection of the Partition Plan, and expressing the
disappointment of the Arabs of Palestine. They stated that the only
solution was to recognise the rights of the Arabs to complete
independence in their own land; to cease the scheme of the Jewish
National Home, to bring the Mandate to an end, and to replace the
Mandate by a treaty similar to that existing between Britain and Iraq,
72 Report of the Royal Commission. pp.380-396
73 N. Barbour and D. Warriner, Nisi Dominus. p.184
74 Raghib al-Nashashibi and Ya’qub Farraj resigned from the
Higher Arab Committee, as they had intended to accept the
Partition Plan encouraged by Prince Abdullah of Trans-
Jordan who accepted the plan. Both men were members of the
Defence Party.
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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources

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1990-10

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Sonia Nimr

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