POLI 347 Chapter Notes - Chapter primary source: Arthur Balfour, Sykes–Picot Agreement
3 Oct 2018
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To: lionel walter rothschild, head of english zionist federation. What: this was a letter of british support for the establishment of a national home for the. It is an incredibly (and intentionally) vague document. Why: this was written to an audience of british zionist population as a wartime commitment. It was initially meant as propaganda, not a governing document. Became a governing document when it was incorporated into the mandate. Contradictory to the sykes picot agreement and the husayn mcmahon correspondence which promised arab independence. Illustrates role of powerful outsiders (ei zionists in british govt, chaim weisman) to influence politics in the conflict of the time: zionist leaders were involved in every step of its creation. All of the competing wartime promises created incompatible expectations among. Arabs: angry, as the british had contradicted former documents that recognized. Arab independence , development of resentment: rejected the legitimacy of the declaration.
