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Partition of Palestine and Political Stability: Ottoman Legacy and International Influences (1922 – 1948)
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EUI RSCAS; 2010/73; Mediterranean Programme Series
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ROSSI, Christian, Partition of Palestine and Political Stability: Ottoman Legacy and International Influences (1922 – 1948), EUI RSCAS, 2010/73, Mediterranean Programme Series - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/14622
Abstract
Political stability in the Middle East seems an illusion, particularly in Palestine. This paper compares
three variables (religious, political and international interests) that, through a four-period partition (the
fall of the Ottoman Empire and the millet system, the British Mandate, the partition plans and the
constitutional forms proposed, and the system adopted afterwards), led Palestine to the present
situation. With the creation of the Mandate in 1922, the primary task of the British Government was to
find a convenient solution to lead Palestine to independence with a constitutional structure and later
with a convenient partition between Arabs and Jews. An impossible task due to the conflicting
interests of the two communities, of the other international actors and to the outbreak of the Second
World War.
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