MacDonald White Paper
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The MacDonald White Paper was a 1939 British policy document that sharply limited Jewish immigration and land purchases in Palestine, effectively reversing the pro-Zionist thrust of the Balfour Declaration and shaping the final years of the British Mandate.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British government policy document
ⓘ
White Paper ⓘ |
| aimedToAddress | causes of the Arab Revolt in Palestine ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory | Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approvedBy | British Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archivedIn | UK National Archives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithConflict | Arab Revolt in Palestine (1936–1939) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizedBy |
Jewish Agency for Palestine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World Zionist Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| datePublished | 1939-05-17 ⓘ |
| debatedIn | House of Commons of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dividedLandIntoZonesForSales | A, B and C zones ⓘ |
| effectOnJewishImmigration | sharp reduction ⓘ |
| effectOnLandPurchases | severe restrictions on Jewish land acquisition ⓘ |
| envisionedStateComposition | binational Arab–Jewish state ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late interwar period ⓘ |
| immigrationPolicyAfterQuota | subject to Arab consent ⓘ |
| impactOnArab-JewishRelations | increased tensions ⓘ |
| impactOnZionistPolicy | shift toward illegal immigration (Aliyah Bet) ⓘ |
| implementedBy | British Mandate authorities in Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inForceUntil | end of the British Mandate in 1948 ⓘ |
| interpretedBalfourDeclarationAs | not intending to create a Jewish state ⓘ |
| issuedBy |
British Government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colonial Office NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keyProponent | Malcolm MacDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | statement of British mandatory policy ⓘ |
| limitedImmigrationOf | Jews to Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| limitedJewishNationalHome | to existing Jewish population and immigration quota ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Malcolm MacDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfIssue | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| policyArea |
Palestine question
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immigration ⓘ land policy ⓘ |
| politicalContext | British Mandate for Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Passfield White Paper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| projectedIndependenceTimeline | within 10 years ⓘ |
| reactionFromArabLeadership | partial rejection ⓘ |
| reactionFromZionistMovement | strong opposition ⓘ |
| relatedToDocument | Balfour Declaration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| restrictedLandSalesTo | Jews in Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setJewishImmigrationQuota | 75,000 over five years ⓘ |
| statedLongTermObjective | creation of an independent Palestine state ⓘ |
| subjectOf | historiographical debate on British policy in Palestine ⓘ |
| supersededBy | post-World War II British policies in Palestine ⓘ |
| year | 1939 ⓘ |
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