Presentation about the creation of Palestinian, Jordan and Israeli nationalities/peoples

1. The Israeli – Arab Conflict

2. What happened?

3. The conflict is between artificial
countries and artificial peoples

4. Overview
- State of the land
- Colonial Powers
- Zionism
- Balfour Declaration
- Mandate of Palestine
- Arabic homeland within the Mandate
- State and peoples affections to tribes
- UN Vote
- Independence day/ Nakhba
- Conclusion

5. State of the land: 1881-
1914
- Part of the Ottoman Empire
- Jewish (Yishuv) and Arab population
- 1880: 590.000 inhabitants

6. Colonial Powers
- UK, France and Russia: Sykes – Picot
Agreement (1916)

7. Zionism
-Secular Zionism
-Religious Zionism
-Moses Hess
-Theodore Herzl
-Sir Montefiore
-Sir Rothschild

8. Balfour Declaration

9. Mandate of Palestine
ART. 2.
The Mandatory shall be responsible
for placing the country under such
political, administrative and economic
conditions as will secure the
establishment of the Jewish national
home, as laid down in the preamble,
and the development of self-governing
institutions, and also for safeguarding
the civil and religious rights of all the
inhabitants of Palestine, irrespective of
race and religion.

10. The Arabic Homeland in
the Mandate
-Mandate stated autonomy for all
peoples under British rule
-Jewish National Homeland was to be
created next to Arabic one
-All inhabitants were to be called
Palestinians

11. Arab affections
-UK rewarded the Hashemite tribe of
Saudi-Arabia
-King Faisal begot Iraq
-Later, his younger brother begot
Transjordan: Emir Abdullah
-Creation of seperate Arab identities:
Jordans and Palestinians

12. Result of Seperation in the
Mandate
-Both local Arabs and Zionists felt
betrayed by the British
-Division between Jews and
Palestinians
-Clashes between Arab and Jewish
Population
-4 days of riots; British couldn’t stop it

13. Jewish Affections
-Zionist movement operated a ‘state
within a state’
-Hitler gained power
-Another massive influx of immigrants
-Fear of ‘treacherous’ UK
-Start of Zionist terror against UK and
Arabs

14. UN Partition Plan
-End of Palestine Mandate: 1947
-Zionist movement sought state in
Jewish National Home
-UN vote: Resolution GA 181
-33 in favor, 13 against, 10 abstain

15. Independance Day/
Nakhba
-Israel proclaimed independance
-Arabs left the land out of fear of
Jewish terror and false promises of
Arab leaders
-First Arab-Israeli War
-Jordan occupied West Bank

16. Conclusion
Artificial Countries Artificial Peoples
• Mandate was created out of • Inhabitants of Palestinian
colonial interest Mandate were one people
• Jordan was created as a gift • Seperation of Jordans and
• State of Israel was created Palestinians
as opposed to Jewish • Seperation of Jews and
National Homeland Palestinians