1939 White Paper on Palestine

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1939_White_Paper_on_Palestine
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Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:public_policy
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:MacDonald_White_Paper
gptkbp:archivedAt gptkb:UK_National_Archives
gptkbp:concerns gptkb:British_Mandate_of_Palestine
gptkbp:context gptkb:Arab_Revolt_(1936–1939)
increased violence in Palestine
gptkbp:effectOnArabNationalism opposed by Arab leaders
gptkbp:effectOnZionism opposed by Zionist movement
gptkbp:goal limit Jewish immigration
appease Arab population
end British Mandate
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1939 White Paper on Palestine
gptkbp:impact increased Jewish resistance
increased illegal Jewish immigration
influenced postwar British policy
gptkbp:issuedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:legalStatus policy statement, not law
gptkbp:limitedJewishImmigration 75000 over five years
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Malcolm_MacDonald
gptkbp:opposedBy Jewish community in Palestine
Arab community in Palestine
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Peel_Commission_Report
gptkbp:proposedBy binational state
independent Palestine within 10 years
gptkbp:publicationDate May 1939
gptkbp:restrictedLandSalesToJews yes
gptkbp:successor gptkb:UN_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_White_Papers
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8