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The violence of the Arab Revolt starting in 1936 led Britain to set up a new Royal Commission (the Peel Commission) in to examine the conflict between Arabs and Jews in Palestine. A long term solution was needed for the political future of Palestine. The Jewish Homeland contemplated by the Mandate could develop as an independent state, a part of a federal state or within a binational territorial state. And what should be done with the Arabs, still the majority of the population? Should they be given control over the territory given their absolute denial of any national rights whatsoever to the Jews, a clear conflict with the fundamental basis of the Mandate?
In their Report of July of 1937, the Peel Commission attributed the underlying cause of the Arab revolt to the desire of the Arabs for national independence and their hatred and fear of theestablishment of a National Jewish Home. The Commission recommended freezing Jewish immigration at 12,000 per year for five years and that a plan for partition of the land be developed.
With regard to partition, the Peel Commission advised that “the most strenuous effort should be made to obtain an agreement for the exchange of land and population” following Churchill’s perceptive comment that the implementation of Zionism presumed a policy of population transfer. The Peel report suggested that in the last resort, “the exchange would be made compulsory.” The precedent cited was the Convention of Lausanne (1923), which provided, on paper, international legal sanction for the compulsory exchange of populations between Greece and Turkey.
The Peel Commission recommendation for partition was rejected by the British Government and there was no further consideration of the idea of population transfer.
Originally posted by Humanity4Ever
reply to post by BRAVO949
BRAVO, I believe the definition of the word "terrorism" is a deliberate attack against civilians. Begin and Shamir were leaders of a radical movement to preserve the the very lives of the jewish people fleeing Nazi persecution, and the jews already living in Palestine. It was a movement that never targeted civilians, in response to the British abandonment of the mandate of the Peel Commission, that led to the unecessary execution of millions of their brethren. If you want to label them as terrorists, that is your prerogative.
If you require proof of the Peel Commission mandate to establish a partition of Palestine into separate Arab and Jewish states, here is one of numerous sources available online...
Peel Commission Report
The violence of the Arab Revolt starting in 1936 led Britain to set up a new Royal Commission (the Peel Commission) in to examine the conflict between Arabs and Jews in Palestine. A long term solution was needed for the political future of Palestine. The Jewish Homeland contemplated by the Mandate could develop as an independent state, a part of a federal state or within a binational territorial state. And what should be done with the Arabs, still the majority of the population? Should they be given control over the territory given their absolute denial of any national rights whatsoever to the Jews, a clear conflict with the fundamental basis of the Mandate?
In their Report of July of 1937, the Peel Commission attributed the underlying cause of the Arab revolt to the desire of the Arabs for national independence and their hatred and fear of theestablishment of a National Jewish Home. The Commission recommended freezing Jewish immigration at 12,000 per year for five years and that a plan for partition of the land be developed.
With regard to partition, the Peel Commission advised that “the most strenuous effort should be made to obtain an agreement for the exchange of land and population” following Churchill’s perceptive comment that the implementation of Zionism presumed a policy of population transfer. The Peel report suggested that in the last resort, “the exchange would be made compulsory.” The precedent cited was the Convention of Lausanne (1923), which provided, on paper, international legal sanction for the compulsory exchange of populations between Greece and Turkey.
The Peel Commission recommendation for partition was rejected by the British Government and there was no further consideration of the idea of population transfer.
BRAVO, you have stated that the British had no right to establish an independent state for jews within Palestine, yet Palestine was under British control. Palestine was not an independent Arab state.
I assume that you would have preferred that the ENTIRE population of European jews was wiped out?
If the Arabs living in British controlled Palestine had subsequently accepted the eventual UN proposal in 1948 to partition the land, it would have represented the birth of two independent nations. It was the Arab population in British contolled Palestine that was vehemently opposed to a peaceful two state solution, a mentality that still unfortunately exists to this day.
edit on 30-9-2011 by Humanity4Ever because: (no reason given)
Foreign Office,
November 2nd, 1917.
Dear Lord Rothschild,
I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty's Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet:
"His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours 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 existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country".
I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation.
Yours sincerely
Arthur James Balfour
The initial draft of the declaration, contained in a letter sent by Rothschild to Balfour, referred to the principle "that Palestine should be reconstituted as the National Home of the Jewish people."[9] In the final text, the word that was replaced with in to avoid committing the entirety of Palestine to this purpose. Similarly, an early draft did not include the commitment that nothing should be done which might prejudice the rights of the non-Jewish communities. These changes came about partly as the result of the urgings of Edwin Samuel Montagu, an influential anti-Zionist Jew and secretary of state for India, who was concerned that the declaration without those changes could result in increased anti-Semitic persecution.
Originally posted by patternfinder
reply to post by Humanity4Ever
i call BS on that one, tell them about the balfour declaration and when it was signed!!!!!!! tell them what the requirements were for the signing of it!!!!!!!! go ahead tell them about how the zionists made a deal with sir lawrence balfour that they would get america involved in the ww1 so that they would have a chance at beating the germans.......england was down to 1 weeks rations at the time and they took the deal.......the zionists told them that they would get america involved in the war if they could have the palestinian region..........after the zionists did the false flag mission with the lucitania we got into the war and sir lawrence balfour signed the declaration soon afterwards.........we won the war, the zionists presented the balfour declaration to the league of nations and they were given the land.....england went over with military might and forced the palestinians out of their homes and businesses.........the jews in europe didn't want to give up their plush lives in germany so they had to do something.....they funded hitler to give them a little push....they paid the other countries not to accept the jewish refugees so their only recourse was to go populate israel....the plan worked magnificently.......
debunk that!!!! you can't!!!!!! ha!!!!!edit on 30-9-2011 by patternfinder because: (no reason given)
as shown in this thread the truth is what you make it history is written by the winners and every viewpoint has an equal and opposite side right or wrong.
Originally posted by Immune
reply to post by ATSdelurker
I still read this thread daily i started it i will see it through to the end. That being said everyone obviously knows my stance on the subject so what i did was back off and let others make their points and take their stands the facts,the truths, half truths and bold faced lies that have surfaced on this thread have been dealt with accordingly, the mods are doing an excellent job on that (props to the mods) now any observer stuck on the fence or completely unaware of the conflict can read this thread and make up their own minds. as shown in this thread the truth is what you make it history is written by the winners and every viewpoint has an equal and opposite side right or wrong.
Originally posted by Humanity4Ever
reply to post by BRAVO949
BRAVO, if you refuse to acknowledge the intent of the Peel Commission Report in 1937, are you at least willing to acknowledge the UN Partition Proposal of 1947???
1947 UN Partition Proposal
It was the proposal that should have signified the birth of two states; a sovereign Palestine and a sovereign Israel.
It was the proposal that the jews subsequently accepted, and the Arabs rejected.
It was the proposal that preceded the formal UN declaration of the State of Israel.
It was the proposal that preceded an Arab coalition led military invasion of Israel on it's first day of independence.
edit on 30-9-2011 by Humanity4Ever because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Immune
reply to post by BRAVO949
WOW, i said the truth is what you make of it maybe i should have put a coma before History is written by the winners so you were not confused.
Of course the truth is what you make make WARS have been fought over such things
EVERY WAR BASED ON RELIGION IS JUST THAT. each side sees its view as the truth, otherwise who would want to fight for a cause they knew to be a lie?
open your mind a little bit and you will see this or maybe not because after all truth is what you make of it (thanks for proving my point)
As for history being written by the winners do you see any history books written by Nazi's? how about the confederates? no of course not why? because they LOST.
Originally posted by Immune
reply to post by BRAVO949
WOW, i said the truth is what you make of it maybe i should have put a coma before History is written by the winners so you were not confused.
Of course the truth is what you make make WARS have been fought over such things
EVERY WAR BASED ON RELIGION IS JUST THAT. each side sees its view as the truth, otherwise who would want to fight for a cause they knew to be a lie?
open your mind a little bit and you will see this or maybe not because after all truth is what you make of it (thanks for proving my point)
As for history being written by the winners do you see any history books written by Nazi's? how about the confederates? no of course not why? because they LOST.
Originally posted by FreedomForGaza
"""am i the only one who supports israel"""?
YES YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE
the world is waking up
Originally posted by patternfinder
Originally posted by FreedomForGaza
"""am i the only one who supports israel"""?
YES YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE
the world is waking up
and even if he's not, he's not in very good company......
Originally posted by BRAVO949
If you consider the fact that the Palestinians are the real Jews then there is nothing more anti-Semitic than Zionism.
Christians should support the Jews. The real Jews, that is. The people who we call Palestinians.