Peel Commission partition proposal

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The Peel Commission partition proposal was a 1937 British plan to divide Mandatory Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states, marking the first official endorsement of partition as a solution to the conflict.

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instanceOf British government policy proposal ⓘ
partition plan ⓘ
political proposal ⓘ
aimedToResolve Arab–Jewish conflict in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1937 partition plan for Palestine ⓘ
Peel partition plan ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
archivedIn UK National Archives ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
dateProposed 1937 ⓘ
endorsedBy British Royal Commission of Inquiry into Palestine ⓘ
Peel Commission ⓘ
governingAuthorityAtTime British Mandate administration ⓘ
hasTopic British imperial policy in the Middle East ⓘ
Palestinian nationalism ⓘ
Zionism ⓘ
territorial partition as conflict resolution mechanism ⓘ
historicalSignificance first formal partition proposal for Mandatory Palestine by a major power ⓘ
first official British endorsement of partition of Palestine ⓘ
includedProposalFor land exchange ⓘ
population transfer ⓘ
influenced later British and international partition proposals for Palestine ⓘ
languageOfDocument English ⓘ
legalContext League of Nations Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
namedAfter William Robert Wellesley Peel ⓘ
opposedBy Arab Higher Committee ⓘ
most Palestinian Arab leadership ⓘ
partiallyAcceptedBy Jewish Agency for Palestine ⓘ
partOf Peel Commission report ⓘ
precedes United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine ⓘ
Woodhead Commission partition proposals ⓘ
proposedBy Peel Commission ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
proposedCreationOf Arab state ⓘ
British-mandated corridor around Jerusalem ⓘ
Jewish state ⓘ
proposedRetentionOf British control over Jerusalem ⓘ
British control over a corridor to the Mediterranean ⓘ
proposedSolutionType territorial partition ⓘ
reasonForInquiry unrest in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
relatedToEvent 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine ⓘ
status not implemented ⓘ
subjectOf historical debate on partition of Palestine ⓘ
timePeriod Interwar period ⓘ

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1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine → relatedTo → Peel Commission partition proposal ⓘ
Peel Commission partition proposal → alsoKnownAs → Peel partition plan ⓘ
linked to: Peel Commission partition proposal
1939 White Paper on Palestine → relatedTo → Peel Commission report ⓘ
linked to: Peel Commission partition proposal
William Robert Wellesley Peel, 2nd Earl Peel → notableWork → Peel Commission report on the future of Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Peel Commission partition proposal