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Passfield White Paper

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1929–1930Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1929

Sidney James Webb Passfield, 1st1 October 1929

Government / Labour Party Government

The Passfield White Paper limits official Jewish immigration into Palestine. Issues the Passfield White Paper revising the Governments policy in Palestine, previously set by the Churchill White Paper of 1922

Sidney James Webb Passfield, 1st1 October 1929

Government / Labour Party Government

The Passfield White Paper states that the British intend to fulfill their mandate obligations to both Arabs and Jews, and they would resolve any conflicts that might surface as a result of their respective needs.

Sidney James Webb Passfield, 1st1 October 1929

Government / Labour Party Government

The Passfield White Paper states that the development of a Jewish National Home in Palestine is a consideration, which would enjoy continued support, but it was not central to mandate governance.

1930

James Ramsey MacDonald20 October 1930

Government / Labour Party Government

Recommends an end to Jewish immigration into Palestine in the Passfield White Paper

Names involved

James Ramsey MacDonaldSidney James Webb Passfield, 1st

Provenance

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