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Edited by Mahler Gregory S.; Edited by Abdul Hadi, Mahdi F.

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This textbook brings together a collection of the most important primary sources in the study of Palestinian nationalism, from the late nineteenth century through to the present day.

This textbook brings together a collection of the most important primary sources in the study of Palestinian nationalism, from the late 19th century through to the present day.

Drawing from the eight-volume, 3,500-page collection published by the Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs, this volume contains over 170 of the most important documents in Palestinian political history. Each document has been carefully edited so that extraneous material is removed, making it easier for the student to understand the historical threads that connect the documents. The collection here includes private memoranda and correspondence, political speeches, official treaties, formal letters of understanding, multinational agreements, and international communiqués, and will provide the student with an excellent foundation to understand why Palestinian nationalism has not been as successful in the region as other nationalist movements. In addition, an introductory chapter provides key context for the study of Palestinian history, illustrating the history of successes and challenges faced by proponents of Palestinian nationalism.

Palestinian History and Politics: An Introduction and Documentary Reader is a single volume that will interest students focused on Palestine’s quest for national status, as well as instructors teaching courses on Palestinian political history.

Table of contents:

Introduction

1. Theodore Herzl, The Jewish State, 1896.

2. The Basle Program, First Zionist Congress, Basle, 31 August 1897.

3. Letter of Yousef Duya-Uddin (Pasha) Al-Khalidi, Mayor of Jerusalem, to the Chief Rabbi of France, Zadok Kahn, 1899 and Theodore Herzl’s Response, 19 March 1899.

4. MacMahon-Hussein Correspondence, 1915-16.

5. British Government, Message to King Hussein of the Arab Kingdom of Hedjaz Regarding Palestinian Holy Places and Zionist Colonisation, January 1916.

6. The Sykes-Picot Agreement, 16 May 1916.

7. Successive Drafts and Final Text of the Balfour Declaration, July-November 1917.

8. Agreement between Amir Faisal of the Arab Kingdom of Hedjaz and Chaim Weizmann of the Zionist Organization, 3 January 1919.

9. Statement by Anti-Zionist Jews to the Peace Conference, 4 March 1919.

10. The British White Paper (“Churchill White Paper”): British Policy in Palestine, 3 June 1922.

11. Council of the League of Nations, Confirmed Text on the Terms of the British Mandate, 24 July 1922.

12. Chairman of the Palestine Zionist Executive Colonel Frederick H. Kisch, Note of a Conversation with Musa Kazim Al-Husseini, Jerusalem, 23 October 1923

13. Arab Draft of Points on Palestine, Presented to John Philby, Damascus, 21 October 1929.

14. Statement of Policy by His Majesty”s Government, Presented by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to Parliament by Command of his Majesty – The “Passfield” White Paper, United Kingdom, 1 October 1930.

15. British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, Letter to Chaim Weizmann, President of the World Zionist Organization, (“Black Letter”), 13 February 1931.

16. Ahmad Salih Al-Khalidi, Principal of the Government Arab College, Proposal for Cantonization and Formation of an Arab and Jewish State, July 1934.

17. Fatwa from the Religious Scholars of Palestine Regarding Selling of the Lands to Jews, 26 January 1935

18. Summary Report of the Palestine Royal Commission (“Peel Commission”), Presented by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the United Kingdom Parliament, 7 July 1937.

19. Palestine Partition Commission (“W