Author : Sahar Huneidi
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
ISBN 13 : 9781860641725
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (417 download)
Book Synopsis A Broken Trust by : Sahar Huneidi
Download or read book A Broken Trust written by Sahar Huneidi and published by I.B. Tauris. This book was released on 1999-11-26 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Herbert Samuel, the first British High Commissioner in Mandatory Palestine (1920-25) has been generally regarded as an impartial administrator. Sahar Huneidi argues that most of the measures Samuel took during his time in Palestine were designed to prepare the ground not simply for the ""Jewish national home"" promised in both the Balfour Declaration and the mandate for Palestine, but also for a Jewish state. Using a wide range of sources Huneidi charts Samuel's career in Palestine against the complex background of British policy, the Zionist movement at its inception and the emergent Palestinian Arab nationalist movement.