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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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