The Jewish Case Before the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Palestine as Presented by the Jewish Agency for Palestine: Statements & Memoranda.

$400.00

Item Number: 146827

Jerusalem: The Jewish Agency for Palestine, 1947.

Scarce first edition of this series of statements made before the Committee by the Jewish Agency witnesses. Octavo, original wrappers, spine expertly repaired, illustrated with tables and charts. In very good condition with toning to the wrappers, front and rear free endpaper, and institutional stamps to the title page, final leaf of text, and rear free endpaper.

After the First World War, the League of Nations assigned a Mandate for the British administration of the territories of Palestine and Transjordan, which had previously been part of the Ottoman Empire for four centuries. In Palestine, the Mandate required Britain to put into effect the 1917 Balfour Declaration's "national home for the Jewish people" alongside the Palestinian Arabs, who composed the vast majority of the local population. Currently, Israeli settlements exist in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.