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The members of the Palestine Royal
Commission arrived in Palestine in November 1936. Third left is
Lord Peel, chairman of the commission. The commission's report,
published in July 1937, found that the underlying causes of the
disturbances were the Palestinians' desire for national independence
and fear of the establishment of a Jewish national home. It nevertheless
recommended the partition of Palestine into a Jewish state, a Palestinian
state to be merged with Trans-Jordan, and British Mandate enclaves.
The Jews, who at the time owned only 5.6% of Palestine, were to
be given 33% of the country, from which Peel suggested
that the Palestinian inhabitants could be expelled. Palestinians
received the report with shock, dismay, and frenzied resistance.
Source: BTD
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