By Mr Drew, Passmores School Downloaded from www.SchoolHistory.co.uk www.passmoreshistory.homestead.com/

Palestine was part of the Arabic empire in the period up to the

16th century.

In 1918 the Ottoman Empire collapsed and the Arab parts were taken over by Britain and France as ‘Protectorates’.

This was not what the Arab soldiers who had supported Britain in World War I had expected.

They felt betrayed, but worse was to come.

Once Britain took over control of Palestine, the number of Jewish settlers increased dramatically.

They settled in the green areas marked on the map.

The Arab felt they were losing their country.

The population gap in 1919 and 1947 is the same, approximately 700 000.

BUT

The Jews have gone from being less than 1/10 the population of the Arabs in 1919 to being almost 1/2 by 1947.

Put the title:

“British Rule in Palestine”

at the top of a double page of your exercise book

Set out your double page like this:

Why did British rule in Palestine lead to an Arab

Revolt?