POLI 341 Lecture 3: Lecture 3
31 Jan 2019
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Lecture 3 / forming middle eastern states / january 15, 2019. The balfour declaration, nov. 2, 1917: result of negotiations between zionist leader chaim weizmann and british gov, short paper that british administration favored establishment of jewish national home in. Palestine: not a full commitment to establishing jewish state, but still clearly conflicted with nationalist aspirations of majority of people living in palestine - which was to become part of a larger independent arab state including syria, lebanon, End of the ottoman empire: during wwi, besieged by british and entente forces on the mediterranean (gallipoli, 1915), southern (arabia and palestine, 1917), and eastern (iraq, 1916-7) fronts, the. Ottoman empire lost much of its territory: believing the british would help them achieve statehood, arab militiamen joined them. ________: arab rebel forces helped to overtake ottoman empire, starting in modern day saudi arabia and moving northward, supported by british political and material assistance.
