MacDonald White Paper

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The MacDonald White Paper was a 1939 British policy document that sharply limited Jewish immigration and land purchases in Palestine, effectively reversing the pro-Zionist thrust of the Balfour Declaration and shaping the final years of the British Mandate.

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instanceOf British government policy document ⓘ
White Paper ⓘ
aimedToAddress causes of the Arab Revolt in Palestine ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
approvedBy British Parliament ⓘ
archivedIn UK National Archives ⓘ
associatedWithConflict Arab Revolt in Palestine (1936–1939) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizedBy Jewish Agency for Palestine ⓘ
World Zionist Organization ⓘ
datePublished 1939-05-17 ⓘ
debatedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
dividedLandIntoZonesForSales A, B and C zones ⓘ
effectOnJewishImmigration sharp reduction ⓘ
effectOnLandPurchases severe restrictions on Jewish land acquisition ⓘ
envisionedStateComposition binational Arab–Jewish state ⓘ
historicalPeriod late interwar period ⓘ
immigrationPolicyAfterQuota subject to Arab consent ⓘ
impactOnArab-JewishRelations increased tensions ⓘ
impactOnZionistPolicy shift toward illegal immigration (Aliyah Bet) ⓘ
implementedBy British Mandate authorities in Palestine ⓘ
inForceUntil end of the British Mandate in 1948 ⓘ
interpretedBalfourDeclarationAs not intending to create a Jewish state ⓘ
issuedBy British Government ⓘ
linked to: UK government

Colonial Office ⓘ
keyProponent Malcolm MacDonald ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus statement of British mandatory policy ⓘ
limitedImmigrationOf Jews to Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Aliyah to Israel
limitedJewishNationalHome to existing Jewish population and immigration quota ⓘ
namedAfter Malcolm MacDonald ⓘ
placeOfIssue London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
policyArea Palestine question ⓘ
immigration ⓘ
land policy ⓘ
politicalContext British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
precededBy Passfield White Paper ⓘ
projectedIndependenceTimeline within 10 years ⓘ
reactionFromArabLeadership partial rejection ⓘ
reactionFromZionistMovement strong opposition ⓘ
relatedToDocument Balfour Declaration ⓘ
restrictedLandSalesTo Jews in Palestine ⓘ
setJewishImmigrationQuota 75,000 over five years ⓘ
statedLongTermObjective creation of an independent Palestine state ⓘ
subjectOf historiographical debate on British policy in Palestine ⓘ
supersededBy post-World War II British policies in Palestine ⓘ
year 1939 ⓘ

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1939 White Paper on Palestine → alsoKnownAs → MacDonald White Paper ⓘ