1939 White Paper on Palestine

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The 1939 White Paper on Palestine was a British policy document that sharply limited Jewish immigration and land purchases while promising eventual independence for a unified Arab-Jewish state, marking a major shift away from earlier pro-Zionist commitments.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British government policy document ⓘ
White Paper ⓘ
policy statement on Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
alsoKnownAs MacDonald White Paper ⓘ
appliesTo Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
context Arab revolt in Palestine (1936–1939) ⓘ
approach of World War II ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateIssued 1939-05-17 ⓘ
documentType Command Paper ⓘ
durationOfPolicy remained formal British policy until end of Mandate in 1948 ⓘ
effectOnConflict deepened Jewish-Arab political polarization ⓘ
effectOnZionism intensified Jewish underground immigration (Aliyah Bet) ⓘ
limited legal avenues for Jewish immigration during the Holocaust period ⓘ
followedBy Bevin Plan ⓘ
identifier Cmd. 6019 ⓘ
linked to: Cmd
immigrationPolicy limit Jewish immigration to 75,000 over five years ⓘ
subject further Jewish immigration after five years to Arab consent ⓘ
issuedBy British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government

Colonial Office ⓘ
landPolicy divide Palestine into zones with varying restrictions on Jewish land acquisition ⓘ
restrict Jewish land purchases in Palestine ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalEffect guided British administrative practice in Palestine during World War II ⓘ
legalStatus statement of British policy in Palestine ⓘ
motivation end the Arab revolt in Palestine ⓘ
secure Arab support for Britain in the looming war ⓘ
namedAfter Malcolm MacDonald ⓘ
placeOfPublication London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
policyShiftFrom Balfour Declaration ⓘ
pro-Zionist commitments of the British Mandate ⓘ
politicalProvision affirmed that Palestine should not be an Arab state alone ⓘ
proposed legislative council with Arab majority ⓘ
rejected idea of Palestine becoming a Jewish state ⓘ
precededBy Passfield White Paper ⓘ
publisher His Majesty's Stationery Office ⓘ
reaction condemned by some British politicians as betrayal of Balfour Declaration ⓘ
criticized by many British Zionist supporters ⓘ
rejected by the Jewish Agency for Palestine ⓘ
strongly opposed by Zionist movement ⓘ
viewed by many Arabs as insufficient but partial victory ⓘ
recognizedCommunity Arab population of Palestine ⓘ
Jewish population of Palestine ⓘ
rejectedProposalOf territorial partition of Palestine as recommended by Peel Commission ⓘ
relatedTo League of Nations Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
Peel Commission report ⓘ
statedGoal create a bi-national Arab-Jewish state under British tutelage ⓘ
establish an independent Palestine state within 10 years ⓘ
reconcile Arab and Jewish interests in Palestine ⓘ

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1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine → relatedTo → 1939 White Paper on Palestine ⓘ
New Zionist Organization → opposed → British White Paper policies in Palestine ⓘ
linked to: 1939 White Paper on Palestine
Revisionist Party → opposedPolicy → British White Paper restrictions on Jewish immigration ⓘ
linked to: 1939 White Paper on Palestine
Lehi → opposedTo → British White Paper of 1939 ⓘ
linked to: 1939 White Paper on Palestine
Irgun → opposed → 1939 White Paper ⓘ
linked to: 1939 White Paper on Palestine
Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine → hasCause → British White Paper of 1939 ⓘ
linked to: 1939 White Paper on Palestine
Malcolm MacDonald → notableWork → MacDonald White Paper on Palestine (1939) ⓘ
linked to: 1939 White Paper on Palestine
Aliyah Bet → organizedInDefianceOf → British White Paper of 1939 ⓘ
linked to: 1939 White Paper on Palestine
British authorities in Mandatory Palestine → involvedInEvent → 1939 White Paper on Palestine ⓘ
Lohamei Herut Israel → opposed → White Paper of 1939 ⓘ
linked to: 1939 White Paper on Palestine
Night of the Trains → relatedTo → British White Paper of 1939 ⓘ
linked to: 1939 White Paper on Palestine
Ha’apalah → historicalContext → British White Paper of 1939 immigration limits ⓘ
linked to: 1939 White Paper on Palestine
British detention camps in Cyprus → partOf → British policy on immigration to Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
linked to: 1939 White Paper on Palestine
British detention camps in Cyprus → hasCause → White Paper of 1939 immigration limits ⓘ
linked to: 1939 White Paper on Palestine
Exodus 1947 → relatedEvent → British White Paper on Palestine ⓘ
linked to: 1939 White Paper on Palestine
sinking of Patria → politicalContext → British White Paper of 1939 ⓘ
subject linked to: Patria
linked to: 1939 White Paper on Palestine
Theodor Herzl (ship) → hasHistoricalContext → British White Paper immigration quotas ⓘ
linked to: 1939 White Paper on Palestine
Knesset Israel (ship) → operatedInDefianceOf → British White Paper immigration quotas ⓘ
linked to: 1939 White Paper on Palestine
Woodhead Commission → influenced → 1939 White Paper on Palestine ⓘ
Passfield White Paper → predecessor → Churchill White Paper ⓘ
linked to: 1939 White Paper on Palestine
Bevin Plan → relatedTo → British White Papers on Palestine ⓘ
linked to: 1939 White Paper on Palestine