League of Nations. Mandate for Palestine. Together with a Note by the Secretary-General Relating to Its Application to the Territory Known as Trans-Jordan. Seal of British Crown

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
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author

(ZIONISM)

printer

His Majesty’s Stationery Office

Place

London

Publication

1922

summary

In this letter to the League of Nations, the British Government defined the parameters of the newly established Mandate for Palestine. In the "Territory known as Trans-Jordan,” the provisions for the establishment of the Jewish national home, as promised in the Balfour Declaration of 1917, “are not applicable” (pp. 10-11). Thus did Britain equivocate and whittle to size Jewish aspirations for a National Home

pp. 11. Fascicle. 4to

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