LEADER 03646ctm a2200409Ia 4500001 209164 005 20240621184143.0 008 100331s2008 xx b 000 0 eng d 035 (OCoLC)ocn660054479 035 209164 049 LHMA 040 LHM |beng |erda |cLHM 090 DS126 |b.A68 2008 100 1 Apter, Lauren Elise, |d1974- 245 10 Disorderly decolonization : |bthe white paper of 1939 and the end of British rule in Palestine / |cby Lauren Elise Apter. 264 0 |c2008. 300 x, 279 pages 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 502 Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2008. 500 Vita. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-279). 520 Britain's presence in Palestine coincided with a promise to Zionists to support the establishment of a Jewish national home. For two decades, Britain continued to support Zionist aims in Palestine including immigration and colonization, even in the aftermath of the first phase of an Arab Revolt in 1936 that shook the foundations of British colonial rule and could not be suppressed without intervention from neighboring Arab states. With the Arab Revolt in full force again from 1937 to 1939, in the midst of preparations for war in Europe, British statesmen questioned and reinterpreted promises the British government had made to Zionists two decades earlier. The resulting new policy was published in the White Paper of May 1939. By using the White Paper as a lens it is possible to widen the scope of investigation to examine the end of British rule in Palestine in a broader context than that provided by the years after World War II, 1945 to 1948.The White Paper of 1939 introduced three measures: immigration quotas for Jews arriving in Palestine, restrictions on settlement and land sales to Jews, and constitutional measures that would lead to a single state under Arab majority rule, with provisions to protect the rights of the Jewish minority. The White Paper's single state was indeed a binational state, where it would be recognized by law that two peoples, two nations, inhabited Palestine. But the provisions of the White Paper were self-contradictory. Constitutional measures and immigration restrictions advanced the idea of a binational state with a permanent Jewish minority, while land restrictions aimed to keep Jews where they had already settled, legislation more in keeping with the idea of partition. The debate between partition and a binational state continued throughout these years.This work examines the motivations for the White Paper, foremost among them to keep the world Jewish problem separate from Britain's Palestine problem and to assure stability throughout the Middle East. An investigation based on the White Paper introduces a number of important debates that took place between 1936 and 1948 and echo into the present. 530 Electronic version(s) |bavailable internally at USHMM. 533 Photocopy. |bAnn Arbor, Mich. : |cUMI Dissertation Services. |e22 cm. 590 Dissertations and Theses 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 Mandates |zPalestine. 651 0 Palestine |xPolitics and government |y1917-1948. 651 0 Palestine |xHistory |y1917-1948. 650 0 Jewish-Arab relations |xHistory |y1917-1948. 650 0 Zionism |xHistory |y20th century. 956 41 |uhttp://dc.ushmm.org/library/bib209164/3320609.pdf |zHosted by USHMM. 852 0 |bstacks |hDS126 |i.A68 2008 852 |bwww 852 |bebook