How did Britain support Jews to move to Palestine during World War I?

19 14, World War I broke out. In order to defeat Germany, disintegrate the Ottoman Empire and dominate the Middle East, Britain won the support of Arabs on the condition that it recognized and supported the Arabs of the Ottoman Empire to establish an independent country including Palestine after the war.

However, Britain signed the Essex-Picol Agreement with France to deal with the post-war Ottoman territory behind the Arabs' backs. In addition to dividing the spheres of influence of the two countries, the agreement also stipulates that Palestine is under "international control." Then in19171KLOC-0/month, Britain published the Beffeur Declaration in support of Zionism and supported Jews to establish a Jewish state in Palestine.

1917165438+16 British troops invaded Palestine and occupied the whole territory in September. 19 18. 1920, the League of Nations granted Britain "mandated sovereignty" to administer Palestine. 192 1 year, on the grounds of implementing the beafler declaration, the British government adopted the policy of divide and rule, and divided Palestine into east and west with the Jordan River as the boundary: the east was called foreign Jordan, which fostered a puppet regime; To the west is Palestine, ruled directly by a British-appointed governor.

With the support of Britain, Jews began to move into Palestine on a large scale, especially after the Bev Declaration and the announcement of the British Mandate, the number of Jewish immigrants in Palestine doubled.

According to statistics, in April of 19 17, the number of Jews in Palestine did not exceed 50,000, and in June of 1939, it soared to more than 445,000, accounting for13 of the total number of Palestinian residents.