British Plans for the Partition of Palestine, 1929–1938

Bibliographic Data

ID8959318
AuthorsPenny Sinanoglou (Harvard University Press, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume52
Issue1
Pages131-152
Publication date2009-02-27
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Historical Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0018246x08007346
OpenAlexW2074877724
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited1

The 1937 Peel Commission proposal for the partition of British mandatory Palestine has generally been framed as the precursor to the United Nations partition plan of 1947. This article demonstrates the importance of tracing the roots of the 1937 Peel Commission plan back to conversations taking place in the Colonial Office and government of Palestine as early as 1929. A close analysis of dialogues over territorial division and of preliminary partition plans, particularly those drawn up by L. G. Archer Cust and D. G. Harris, leads to the conclusion that Britain's focus on the ideal of representative government played a primary role in the development of partition proposals. This article argues that inter-ethnic violence played a much smaller role in the development of partition proposals than has previously been thought. Instead, partition was proposed as a solution to the political implications of non-representative government in Palestine, a topic constantly in the spotlight thanks to the League of Nations

Ancient history · Colonialism · Commission · Government (linguistics · Palestine · Partition (number theory · Political science · Politics · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Public Administration

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