CONTINUING with the facts from Professor Cherry's lecture ON ZIONISM:
21. THE BALFOUR DECLARATION SAYS: "HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT VIEW WOULD FAVOR THE ESTABLISHMENT IN PALESTINE OF A NATIONAL HOME FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE, AND WILL USE ITS BEST ENDEAVOR TO FACILITATE THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THIS OBJECT. IT BEING CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD THAT NOTHING SHALL BE DONE WHICH MAY PREJUDICE THE CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS RIGHTS OF THE NON-JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN PALESTINE, OR THE RIGHTS AND POLITICAL STATUS ENJOYED BY JEWS IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY."
22. 1922 - BRITAIN UNDER PRESSURE FROM ARABS CUT AWAY 3/4 OF WHAT WAS PALESTINE. EVERYTHING TO THE EAST OF THE GORDAN RIVER, AND CREATED A NEW ARAB ENTITY, CALLED TRANS-JORDAN.
23. THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS LATER IN 1923, APPROVED THE BALFOUR DECLARATION AND ESTABLISHED THE BRITISH MANDATE, WHEREBY BRITAIN ASSUMED THE RESPONSIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING THE BALFOUR DECLARATION.
24. BRITISH PEEL COMMISSION OF 1937, PROMPTED BY ARAB RIOTS, AGAINST JEWS WHICH BEGAN IN 1936, CONCLUDED THAT THE REMAINING LAND WEST OF THE GORDAN RIVER, SHOULD BE DIVIDED BETWEEN JEWS AND ARABS, WITH THE ARABS RECEIVING JERUSALEM, BETHLEHEM, AND A CORRIDOR TO THE SEA.
25. THIS WAS NOT WHAT THE ZIONISTS HAD HOPED, BUT AS THEY WERE OFFERED AN INDEPENDENT STATE, THEY RELUCTANTLY ACCEPTED THE PLAN.
26. THE ARAB LEADERS REJECTED IT. THE FIRST OF MANY REJECTION.
27. CONTINUED JEWISH IMMIGRATION AND ARAB TERRORISM TRIGGERED THE WHITE PAPER OF 1939. THE BRITISH SEVERELY CURTAILED JEWISH IMMIGRATION ON THE EVE OF WW2.
28. DAVID BEN-GURION (1886-1973) WHO BECOMES THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL SAID:
"WE SHALL FIGHT THE WAR AGAINST HITLER AS IF THERE IS NO WHITE PAPER. AND WE SHALL FIGHT THE WHITE PAPER, AS IF THERE WAS NO WAR."
26,000 PALESTINIAN JEWS FOUGHT FOR BRITAIN IN WW2.
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TO BE CONTINUED
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