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Jewish Agency’s Margalith Identifies Arab Peasant Displacement From Arab Landlord Sales to Jewish Buyers, 1930 CIE+ members only

Documents and Sources|February 5, 1930

Government of Palestine, C.F. Strickland, “A Report on the Possibility of Introducing a System of Agricultural Cooperation in Palestine” CIE+ members only

Documents and Sources|July 3, 1930

1931-1949: Arab Land Sales to Jews — Palestine Arab Press, British Reports and Zionist Accounts CIE+ members only

Documents and Sources|1931-1949

The Census of Palestine, 1931: An Invaluable Glimpse at Gaping Socio-Economic Distances and Differences Among Muslims, Christians and Jews CIE+ members only

Documents and Sources|November 18, 1931

Minutes of Jewish Agency Meeting on Inaugural Maccabiah Games, Jerusalem, 1932 CIE+ members only

Documents and Sources|January 1, 1932

Systematic Agricultural Colonization in Palestine, 1933 CIE+ members only

Documents and Sources|August 21, 1933

Palestinian Arab Grievances Against the British for Supporting the Jewish National Home, 1936 CIE+ members only

Documents and Sources|January 10, 1936

David Horowitz, Study on Economic and Social Transformation of Palestine, Jewish Agency for Palestine, 1937 CIE+ members only

This four-page assessment notes multiple Jewish contributions to Palestine’s development: expansion of health care, advancement of agricultural methods, government revenue, industrial growth and Jewish building expansion. It notes that the Jewish economy has attracted Arab immigration to Palestine for jobs and the mushrooming of the Jewish education system from Jewish sources. Without saying so directly, its contents tout Jewish state building.

Documents and Sources|1937

David Ben-Gurion’s Secret Remarks on “Arab Perceptions of Zionism,” 1937 CIE+ members only

Documents and Sources|January 7, 1937

Peel Commission Report, Excerpts From the Findings and Recommendations of the Royal Commission, 1937

Documents and Sources|July 7, 1937|Spanish

Political Significance of JNF Land Purchase, 1937 CIE+ members only

Documents and Sources|December 31, 1937|Spanish|Hebrew|German

Chaim Weizmann’s Notes for Speeches on “Rallying World Jewry to Partition,” 1938 CIE+ members only

Audio, Documents and Sources|January 23, 1938|English|Hebrew

Secret Intelligence on Arab Leaders Meeting in Damascus, 1938

This document was secured at the Central Zionist Archives in Jerusalem. Less than a year before Hitler invaded Poland, Arab leaders with an interest in Palestine are starkly disappointed that the the German government did not go to war against the Zionists in Palestine. The same leaders give the Zionist national builders high marks for their perseverance against terrorist bands in the Palestinian countryside. They worry that unless Arab states come to the Palestinians’ assistance, Palestine will be lost to the Zionists. A remarkable assessment for Palestinian Arab leaders and their supporters.

Documents and Sources|September 30, 1938

British Government: Policy Statement/Advice Against Partition, 1938 CIE+ members only

Pressure from Arab leaders in states surrounding Palestine, growing instability in the eastern Mediterranean, and a firm opposition voiced by the British High Commissioner in Egypt, Miles Lampson, caused the British to withdraw the idea of resolving the Arab-Zionist conflict with a two-state solution. Instead, heavy restrictions were imposed in 1939 on the growth of the Jewish National home. Coincidently this policy statement is issued, two days after Nazi Germany attacks Jewish, homes, businesses and synagogues, in what came to be known as Kristallnacht.

Documents and Sources|November 11, 1938|Spanish|Hebrew

Gershon Agronsky: “Palestine Arab Economy Undermined by Disturbances,” 1939 CIE+ members only

Documents and Sources|January 20, 1939|Spanish|Hebrew

Mufti Rejects Majority-Arab Palestinian State, 1939 CIE+ members only

Documents and Sources|March 1939|Spanish|Italian

Britain in 1939 Reaffirms Palestine Was Not Promised to Sharif of Mecca During World War I CIE+ members only

Documents and Sources|March 16, 1939

“Zionism an Affirmation for Judaism,” 1942 CIE+ members only

From the end of World War I until the June 1967 war, American Jewish attitudes toward Zionism moved from lukewarm embrace to full-throated support. The debate of American rabbis in the 1940s exemplified by this letter reflects attitudinal differences. The Holocaust, Israeli statehood and Israel’s stunning military success in June 1967 established Israel as a valued element in American Jewish identities.

Documents and Sources|November 20, 1942

Moshe Shertok, 1943: “Palestine — A Jewish Commonwealth” CIE+ members only

Audio, Documents and Sources|April 1943

Zionism and Other Jewish History