Woodhead Commission

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The Woodhead Commission was a British committee established in 1938 to re-examine and propose alternatives to the partition plan for Mandatory Palestine.

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Woodhead Commission canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British government commission ⓘ
royal commission of inquiry ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Palestine Partition Commission ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
appointedBy British Colonial Office ⓘ
linked to: Colonial Office

British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
appointedInContextOf unrest and violence in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
archivesAt The National Archives (United Kingdom) ⓘ
chairperson Sir John Woodhead ⓘ
concludedThat original Peel partition scheme was impracticable ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1938 ⓘ
endTime late 1938 ⓘ
follows Peel Commission ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasMember Sir John Woodhead ⓘ
hasPurpose to propose alternatives to partition of Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
to re-examine the Peel Commission partition plan for Palestine ⓘ
inception 1938 ⓘ
influenced 1939 White Paper on Palestine ⓘ
British policy shift away from partition in 1939 ⓘ
locationOfWork London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Palestine ⓘ
namedAfter John Woodhead ⓘ
partOf British Mandate for Palestine policy process ⓘ
recommended consideration of alternatives to partition ⓘ
modified partition plans for Palestine ⓘ
reportDate 1938 ⓘ
reportTitle Report of the Palestine Partition Commission ⓘ
startTime April 1938 ⓘ
studies feasibility of implementing Peel Commission recommendations ⓘ
partition of Palestine ⓘ
topic Arab–Jewish conflict in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
territorial partition ⓘ

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Peel Commission inquiry → followedBy → Woodhead Commission ⓘ