Britain didn’t do any economic beneficial during the time they were in Palestine instead they left with unsettlements because they gave out promises they didn’t meant to. Britain wanted to have Palestine equally split between the Zionists and the Arabs; however this was never going to happen. This is because either side wouldn’t agreed upon their agreements on sharing land. Jews and Arabs in Palestine both wished to gain an independent state under British’s sponsorship. The British believed that setting up a national home state for the Jews would not hurt the Arabs. They were wrong, there were only 2 possibilities, the Zionists defeat the Arabs or the Arabs defeat the Zionists.
The Yishuv had several advantages over the Arabs. Arabs were very conservative with the European styles and thoughts; they didn’t want to change because in their mind Culture and their religion are more important than any other things. The Zionists used the experiences and education from Europe and used them in various kind of work. Zionists had demographic advantages as well, they sent off young adult men for immigration, so that these adult men can learn skills from other countries in the future serve the Zionists society. From the time of Ottoman’s rule, the Yishuv had developed their own systems of taxation, fundraising, education, and land and labor management. Since 1920, they developed their own security as well known as the Haganah (“defense”). The Zionists had the Jewish Agency Executive (JAE), their own kind of government organization; it was an outgrowth from the original Zionists Commission. It was authorized by the British in 1920, and grew into like an actual government over the next decade. The Yishuv, overall was single minded in its Zionist goal, they all wanted the same thing – an independent national state that they can call “home”. On the other hand, the Arabs were disunited, they were comparing to the Zionists uneducated, with only a few rifles and small arms, they rescued about 300 Jews.
The Jewish defensive forces Haganah and Irgun were putting pressure on the British demanding a “national home” for the Zionists in Palestine. They bombed crowded Arab centers; dozens of people were murdered and slaughtered. Targeting civilians were soon adopted by both sides; the Arabs began to control much of the countryside as comebacks.
The unity of Zionists was not one of the causes that led to failure of British mandate, however the Arab revolt was. From the start Arabs were suspicious of Jewish immigration into Palestine, it started off a small population of Zionists just wanted to live peacefully with the Arab majority. Then the Arabs realize that the British was trying to create a colonialists Jewish state out of Palestine as a whole, most of the Arabs would be excluded. The British were lack of direction, there many white papers made, and they just keep changing the rules. There were any clear policies on how is Palestine land going to splint or it is not going to splint between the Zionists and the Arabs.
The Arab Revolt in the 1916, made British attitude towards the mandate horrible. There were those who dislike the Arabs, there were those who dislike the Jews and there were those who dislike both. “Arabs and Jews and Christians, in Syria and Palestine, they are all alike, a beastly people. The whole lot of them is not worth a single Englishman!” The troops don’t even want to be in Palestine to make it a livable place so that the Zionists and the Arabs can both live peacefully in it.
In conclusion, British didn’t do a very good job on building the mandate into its independence, Palestine is not a recognized country in some places. The British left behind much progress for the United Nations to do. The Zionists were not the one who causes the failure of the mandate in Palestine. The Arab Revolt, Britain’s attitude towards Palestine and its way of confusing commissions were the causes of its mandate in Palestine.
