Despite a plethora of historical analysis on the topic of Israel-Palestine and the creation of the British run Palestine Mandate, there is less of an emphasis on the British perspective to this topic. In particular, there is very little scholarship devoted to the question of “why did the British get involved in Palestine?” and “were they aware of the potential long term affects their sponsorship of Jewish immigration into the area would bring”? This thesis seeks to examine these questions and how they affected those living in the region and British officials themselves. By recounting the history of British colonization prior to World War 1, and how the British government interacted with Zionists and Arab leaders before and after the establishment of the Palestine Mandate, we can get a clearer picture as to what the real aims of British diplomacy were in the area. This thesis will also examine the consequences of this diplomacy in the Palestine Mandate up to 1929. Taken in total, this thesis will serve as a small piece of the bigger puzzle that is academic literature on the history of the Palestine Mandate.
