London, H.M. Stationery Office, July 1937.
Peel Commission Report on Palestine and the White Paper.
The Peel Commission, formally known as the Palestine Royal Commission, was a British Royal Commission of Inquiry, headed by Lord Peel, appointed in 1936 to investigate the causes of unrest in British Mandate for Palestine following the six-month-long Arab general strike in Mandatory Palestine. The report published in July 1937 stated, for the first time, that the Mandate had become unworkable and recommended partition. The report outlines recommendations on ten points: a Treaty system between the Arab and Jewish States and the new Mandatory Government; a Mandate for the Holy places; the frontiers; the need for Inter-State Subvention; the need for British Subvention; tariffs and ports; nationality; civil service; Industrial concessions; and the Exchange of land and populations.
Six 'White Papers' were issued between the years 1922 and 1939. The White Paper of July 1937 titled 'Palestine Statement of Policy by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom' states that the British government accepts in principle Peel Commission's partition plan of Palestine, and would take the necessary steps to put that plan into effect. Until the two states would be established, the British government would not surrender its responsibilities for peace, order and good government throughout Palestine. Moreover, it would limit any land transactions which might prejudice the partition scheme and would also limit the Jewish immigration to Palestine in the period between August 1937 and March 1938 to 8,000.
Commission report: 8vo (24.5 x 15 cm); original blue printed wrappers, minor rubbing and small tear to spine; 404 pp., 8 maps. White Paper: 8vo, unbound, 3 pp.
The Peel Commission, formally known as the Palestine Royal Commission, was a British Royal Commission of Inquiry, headed by Lord Peel, appointed in 1936 to investigate the causes of unrest in British Mandate for Palestine following the six-month-long Arab general strike in Mandatory Palestine. The report published in July 1937 stated, for the first time, that the Mandate had become unworkable and recommended partition. The report outlines recommendations on ten points: a Treaty system between the Arab and Jewish States and the new Mandatory Government; a Mandate for the Holy places; the frontiers; the need for Inter-State Subvention; the need for British Subvention; tariffs and ports; nationality; civil service; Industrial concessions; and the Exchange of land and populations.
Six 'White Papers' were issued between the years 1922 and 1939. The White Paper of July 1937 titled 'Palestine Statement of Policy by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom' states that the British government accepts in principle Peel Commission's partition plan of Palestine, and would take the necessary steps to put that plan into effect. Until the two states would be established, the British government would not surrender its responsibilities for peace, order and good government throughout Palestine. Moreover, it would limit any land transactions which might prejudice the partition scheme and would also limit the Jewish immigration to Palestine in the period between August 1937 and March 1938 to 8,000.
Commission report: 8vo (24.5 x 15 cm); original blue printed wrappers, minor rubbing and small tear to spine; 404 pp., 8 maps. White Paper: 8vo, unbound, 3 pp.
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