Peel Commission inquiry

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The Peel Commission inquiry was a British royal commission established in 1936 to investigate the causes of unrest in Mandatory Palestine and famously recommended the first formal partition of the territory into separate Jewish and Arab states.

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instanceOf British royal commission ⓘ
public inquiry ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
appointedBy United Kingdom government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
chairperson William Robert Wellesley Peel, 2nd Earl Peel ⓘ
chronology preceded by Shaw Commission ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime 1937 ⓘ
establishedBy British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
fieldOfWork Middle Eastern politics ⓘ
colonial administration ⓘ
conflict resolution ⓘ
followedBy Woodhead Commission ⓘ
genre government inquiry ⓘ
hasCause Arab revolt in Palestine (1936–1939) ⓘ
hasEffect shaped subsequent British and international discussion of partition in Palestine ⓘ
hasPurpose to investigate the causes of unrest in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
to recommend policy for the future government of Palestine ⓘ
inception 1936 ⓘ
jurisdiction British Empire ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalBasis League of Nations Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
location Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
namedAfter William Robert Wellesley Peel, 2nd Earl Peel ⓘ
notableFor first formal recommendation to partition Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states ⓘ
influencing later partition proposals for Palestine ⓘ
officialName Palestine Royal Commission ⓘ
opposedBy Arab Higher Committee ⓘ
partiallySupportedBy Jewish Agency for Palestine ⓘ
partOf British policy-making in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
publishedIn Peel Commission Report ⓘ
recommended British mandatory enclave including Jerusalem and a corridor to the sea ⓘ
creation of a Jewish state in part of Palestine ⓘ
creation of an Arab state in part of Palestine ⓘ
partition of Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
reportPublicationDate 1937 ⓘ
shortName Peel Commission ⓘ
significantEvent Arab revolt in Palestine (1936–1939) ⓘ
significantPlace Jerusalem ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
startTime 1936 ⓘ
subjectOf debate in the British Parliament ⓘ
topic Arab nationalism in Palestine ⓘ
British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
Jewish–Arab conflict in Palestine ⓘ
Zionism in Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Zionism

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Peel Commission inquiry → officialName → Palestine Royal Commission ⓘ
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Peel Commission inquiry → shortName → Peel Commission ⓘ
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Peel Commission inquiry → publishedIn → Peel Commission Report ⓘ
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Peel Commission partition proposal → proposedBy → Peel Commission ⓘ
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Peel Commission partition proposal → partOf → Peel Commission report ⓘ
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Peel Commission partition proposal → endorsedBy → Peel Commission ⓘ
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Peel Commission partition proposal → endorsedBy → British Royal Commission of Inquiry into Palestine ⓘ
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William Robert Wellesley Peel, 2nd Earl Peel → royalCommission → Palestine Royal Commission ⓘ
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Woodhead Commission → follows → Peel Commission ⓘ
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