Palestine: From Balfour Declaration to Oslo Accords

Abstract

Historiography: -- Chapter 1 -- The Land of Palestine and Its History -- Major Semitic People in Palestine -- The Hebrew Monarchy -- Islam on the March -- Meeting of East and West: The Crusades -- Chapter 2 -- British Diplomacy and the Birth of Palestine Problem -- British Imperialistic Motive on Palestine -- British Triumph over Palestine during World War -- Balfour Declaration: How It Came to Be Issued -- Different Interpretations of Declaration -- British View on Declaration -- Allied Declarations -- Post-War Settlement and Road to Mandate -- Arab View about the Future of Palestine -- French Government's View on Proposal -- British View on Proposal -- King-Crane Commission -- Syrian Congress -- The Resolution -- Sane Remo -- Chapter 3 -- Palestine under the Mandate Rule (From 1922 to 1947) -- British Administration -- Civil Administration -- Immigration Policies -- The Arab Peasant and "Land Transfers" -- The Beginning of the Rights of Two Rival Nationalism -- Shaw Commission -- The Passfield White Paper -- The Immigration Crisis -- Arab and Jews Violence -- The Peel Commission -- The London Conference -- White Paper in May 1939 -- The Catastrophe -- Biltmore Programme -- Zionist Resistance Movement -- The Anglo-American Commission -- Civil War and Terrorism -- Palestine before the United Nations -- The Provisions of the Partition Resolution -- The Situation in Palestine -- Chapter 4 -- Palestinians between the Three Arab-Israel Wars -- Geographical Elements in the Arab-Israel Conflict -- The Partition Plan -- Underlying Patterns -- Arab Reaction against the UNO Partition Plan -- Arab's Proclamation on Palestine -- Palestine Arab's Exodus -- Arab and Jewish Explanations.