Palestine Royal Commission report

The Royal Warrants vi

PREFACE ix


 * PART I.—THE PROBLEM.


 * CHAPTER I.—THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND.
 * 1. The Jews in Palestine 2
 * 2. The Arabs in Palestine 5
 * 3. The Diaspora 7
 * 4. Zionism 11


 * CHAPTER II.—THE WAR AND THE MANDATE.
 * 1. The Arab Revolt 16
 * 2. The Balfour Declaration 22
 * 3. The Period of Delay 28
 * 4. The Mandate 34


 * CHAPTER III.—PALESTINE FROM 1920 TO 1936.
 * 1. 1920 to 1925 43
 * 2. The Situation in 1925 54
 * 3. 1926 to 1929 62
 * 4. The Controversy of 1930 70
 * 5. 1931 to 1936 78


 * CHAPTER IV.—THE DISTURBANCES OF 1936.
 * 1. The Course of the Disturbances 96
 * 2. The Character of the Disturbances and the Loss occasioned by them 103
 * 3. The Underlying Causes 106


 * CHAPTER V.—THE PRESENT SITUATION.
 * 1. The Jewish National Dome 113
 * 2. Arab Progress 125
 * 3. Arab Nationalism 130
 * 4. The Position of the Government 136
 * 5. The Arab and Jewish Proposals 140


 * PART II.—THE OPERATION OF THE MANDATE.


 * CHAPTER VI.—ADMINISTRATION.
 * 1. Palestine under Turkish Rule 150
 * 2. The Occupied Enemy Territory Administration: 1918—1920 153
 * 3. The Civil Administration: 1920—1936 158
 * 4. Roads 168
 * 5. Railways 169
 * 6. Parts 170
 * 7. The Jewish Agency 172
 * 8. The Supreme Moslem Council 174
 * 9. The Suggestion of an Enlarged Arab Agency 181


 * CHAPTER VII.—PUBLIC SECURITY. 185


 * CHAPTER VIII.—FINANCIAL AND FISCAL QUESTIONS. 206


 * CHAPTER IX.—THE LAND.
 * 1. The First Problem: The Dual Obligation 218
 * 2. The Second Problem: Cultivable Area 233
 * 3. The Third Problem: Irrigation 251
 * 4. Four Examples of Land Problems.
 * (a) Birkat Ramadan 256
 * (b) The Huleh Scheme 257
 * (c) Beisan 259
 * (d) Caesarea 262
 * 5. Land in the Hill Districts 263
 * 6. Agriculture 268
 * 7. Forests 271
 * 8. Co-operative Societies 276


 * CHAPTER X.—IMMIGRATION.
 * 1. Description of Immigration under the Immigration Ordinance 279
 * 2. Illegal Immigration 289
 * 3. The Jewish Agency and its Grievances regarding Immigration 293
 * 4. The Control of Immigration 297
 * 5. Immigration and the National Home 304
 * 6. Conclusion 306


 * CHAPTER XI.—TRANS-JORDAN. 308


 * CHAPTER XII.—PUBLIC HEALTH. 310


 * CHAPTER XIII.—PUBLIC WORKS AND SERVICES. 318


 * CHAPTER XIV.—THE CHRISTIANS. 325


 * CHAPTER XV.—NATIONALITY LAW AND ACQUISITION OF PALESTINIAN CITIZENSHIP. 329


 * CHAPTER XVI.—EDUCATION.
 * 1. Introduction 333
 * 2. Jewish Education 333
 * 3. Arab Education 337
 * 4. The Mixed Schools 341
 * 5. Recommendations 342


 * CHAPTER XVII.—LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
 * 1. Rural Autonomy 346
 * 2. The Municipalities 347
 * 3. Tel Aviv 352
 * 4. Recommendations 354


 * CHAPTER XVIII.—SELF-GOVERNING INSTITUTIONS. 357


 * CHAPTER XIX.—CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. 363


 * PART III.—THE POSSIBILITY OF A LASTING SETTLEMENT.


 * CHAPTER XX.—THE FORCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES 370


 * CHAPTER XXI.—CANTONISATION 377


 * CHAPTER XXII.—A PLAN OF PARTITION 380


 * CHAPTER XXIII.—CONCLUSION 394


 * 1. Mandate for Palestine 398
 * 2. Representations addressed to the High Commissioner by the Higher Arab Officials 401
 * 3. Revenue, Expenditure and Trade per head in Middle Eastern Countries, 1935 403
 * 4. Population and Areas of Districts and Sub—Districts 404


 * 1. Pre-War Turkish Administrative Districts comprised in Syria and Palestine Opposite page 19
 * 2. Progress in Survey up to end of 1936 At end.
 * 3. Progressin Land Settlement up to end of 1936 At end.
 * 4. Jewish-owned lands At end.
 * 5. State Domain and Forest Reserves At end.
 * 6. Cultivation zones in Hills and Plains At end.
 * 7. Palestine and neighbouring states At end.
 * 8. Partition: provisional Frontier At end.
 * 9. Administrative Boundaries At end.


 * Forecast of future trends of population Page 281