St. James Conference
The St. James Conference in London (named after the St. James Palace in London, also Round Table Conference ), moderated by Great Britain, was intended to bring the situation in Palestine closer to a solution.
It was convened by Malcolm MacDonald , British Colonial Secretary. The problem at the round table was that the Arab delegation refused to recognize the Jewish one. The meeting ended without result on March 17, 1939. The Jewish side called for higher immigration quotas, additional Jewish settlements and the establishment of legal defense forces. The Arabs rejected the Balfour Declaration and demanded that Jewish immigration and land purchase be prohibited.
On the eve of the Second World War, the British government felt compelled to pursue a policy of reconciliation with the Arabs. Britain used this forum to show that the partition plan was unrealistic before this option could be officially abandoned. It was known that the Arabs would reject a partition plan.
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literature
- Allôn Gal: David Ben-Gurion and the American Alignment for a Jewish state . Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis 1991, ISBN 0-253-32534-X , pp. 48 (English, limited preview in Google Book search).