Issues
41 issues found.
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Cust Report (The Status Quo in the Holy Places, 1929)
A report compiled by Archer Cust, an officer in the Mandatory government, in September 1929, describing the status quo governing the holy sites in and around Jerusalem, including the respective rights of Christians, Muslims and Jews. -
Shaw Commission Report (1930)
A report issued in March 1930 by a British Commission of Inquiry, headed by jurist Walter Shaw, investigating the 1929 Palestine riots and their origins. -
Hope Simpson Report (1930)
A report dated 1 October 1930, prepared by British civil servant John Hope Simpson at the request of Colonial Secretary Lord Passfield, and addressing "immigration, land settlement and development issues" in Mandatory Palestine in the aftermath of the 1929 riots, following the work of the Shaw Commission. -
British White Paper of 1930 on Palestine (Passfield White Paper)
A British White Paper, or government policy document, prepared by Secretary of State for the Colonies Lord Passfield and published on 1 October 1930. -
Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931
Historical Basin Holy Sites League of Nations Mandatory Palestine (1922-1948) Temple Mount/Al-Haram al-SharifAn Order in Council, or type of primary legislation, pertaining to Palestine and enacted in the name of King George V on 19 May 1931. -
1931 Census of Palestine
A census of Palestine conducted by the Mandatory government on 18 November 1931. -
Palestine Administrative Boundaries Map (1934 and 1946)
Reference map showing the boundaries of districts and sub-districts in Mandatory Palestine as of 1934 and 1946. -
Arab Revolt in Palestine (1936-9)
An uprising conducted by Palestinian Arabs against the British Mandatory Government and the Jewish population of Palestine from 1936 to 1939. -
Cust's Cantonization Plan (1936)
A plan presented by former Mandatory official Archer Cust during a lecture to the British Royal Central Asian Society on 4 March 1936. -
Avner Defense Plan (June 1937)
A “national defense scheme” for the Jewish population in Palestine authored by Elimelech ‘Avner’ Zelikowitz, a member of the Haganah, the largest Zionist militia, in June 1937. -
Peel Commission Report (1937)
Arab Revolt Britain Mandatory Palestine (1922-1948) Milestones Partition Peel Commission Transjordan Woodhead CommissionThe final report issued by the Palestine Royal Commission, better known as the Peel Commission, on 7 July 1937. -
Woodhead Commission (Palestine Partition Commission) Report (1938)
Abdullah I of Jordan (1882-1951) Britain Jewish Agency Mandatory Palestine (1922-1948) Milestones Partition Peel Commission Woodhead CommissionThe final report issued by the Palestine Partition Commission on 9 November 1938. -
Jewish Agency Partition Proposal to the Woodhead Commission (1938)
Ben-Gurion, David (1886-1973) Jewish Agency Mandatory Palestine (1922-1948) Milestones Partition Unilateral Initiatives: Jewish/Israeli Woodhead CommissionA proposal submitted by the Jewish Agency, chaired by David Ben-Gurion, to the Woodhead Commission, a British Royal Commission mandated with drawing up proposals for the partition of Palestine. -
Land Transfers Regulations (1940)
Regulations enacted by the British High Commissioner for Palestine, Harold MacMichael, on 28 February 1940. -
Biltmore Program (1942)
A program adopted at an “Extraordinary Zionist Conference” at the Biltmore Hotel, New York, NY, on 11 May 1942.