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Factors Leading to the Arab-Isreali Conflict

 

The White Paper clearly states in section I "The objective of His Majesty's Government is the establishment within 10 years of an independent Palestine State in such treaty relations with the United Kingdom as will provide satisfactorily for the commercial and strategic requirements of both countries in the future."1 This section has clearly illustrated that within a time period of 10 years, Palestine shall become an independent state, which will be a self-governed entity. Furthermore in section II it states "25, 000 refugees will be admitted" and "After the period of five years, no further Jewish immigration will be permitted unless the Arabs of Palestine are prepared to acquiesce in it."2 Section II of the White Paper delayed the aspiration of the Arabs to attaining an independent state. Nevertheless, due to the limitation of migration into the state the betrayal that the Jewish endured, it had sparked the rise of many terrorist organisations such as Haganah, Palmach, Irgun and the Stern Gang. This had then resulted in both violent and non-violent responses from the Jewish in order to establish their Jewish homeland. This reflects the statement made by David-Ben Gurion "we shall fight the war as if there was no White Paper, and we shall fight the White Paper as if there was no war". This is demonstrated with "the patria" in November 19, where 1700 refugees on board two unseaworthy vessel, these refugees transferred onto another ship called "the patria", in order for the refugees to be deported to a British colony. Thus, the Zionists had turned to the US for support and had established a stronger bond over the years, in order for them to gain more support, in the Zionist movement. Subsequently, in May 1942, Zionists leaders had gathered in New York at the Biltmore Hotel, where the "Biltmore Program" had been decided in order to resolve the crisis at that particular point in time.


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