Law, Order and Riots in Mandatory Palestine, 1928-35 (Studies in Military and Strategic History)

The political and legal order which Britain had established in Palestine during the 1920s was severely shaken by the rioting of August 1929 and was challenged again, in the autumn of 1933, by the Palestinian Arab national movement. The problem for Britain was to find the balance between Arab and Jewish demands, especially as Nazi pressures on European Jews created mass migration. Arab fears leaped as Jewish immigration increased. But the Jewish community was able to consolidate and to enlarge its defensive capabilities by the time order collapsed in 1936 under the force of the Arab rebellion. The middle years of the Mandate proved to be crucial for the survival of the Jewish National Home. The period was also highly significant for the development of the Palestinian Arab nationalist movement, and for the shaping of British policy in response to the emerging international issues which threatened its hegemony in the Middle East. By the author of "Continuity and Change in European Society", "Social Change in France", "Social and Political Movements in Western Europe" and "Divided Loyalties". Front Matter....Pages i-xx Introduction....Pages 1-18 The Thin Line of Security....Pages 19-30 The Issue of the Western Wall....Pages 31-70 Controversy over the Riots....Pages 71-83 Restoration of Order: Legal Process and Police Reorganization....Pages 84-104 The Search for Stability and Security....Pages 105-122 Change of Policy....Pages 123-140 The Prime Minister’s Letter....Pages 141-158 Uneasy Order....Pages 159-188 Assassination and Ideological Conflict....Pages 189-208 The British Mandate and International Issues....Pages 209-219 Conclusion....Pages 220-227 Back Matter....Pages 228-295 Political and legal order in Palestine was severely shaken by the rioting of August 1929 and 1933. As Britain struggled to find a balance between Arab and Jewish demands the middle years of the Mandate proved to be crucial for the survival of the Jewish National Home. The period was also highly significant for the development of the Palestinian Arab nationalist movement, and for the shaping of British policy in response to the emerging international issues which threatened its hegemony in the Middle East.