La presse nationale britannique et le Mandat du Royaume-Uni en Palestine (1922-1939)

• Main Author: Jean-Claude Sergeant
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique 2012-10-01
• Series: Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/675

The successive British governments which alternated in office during the interwar years invariably failed to solve the contradictory commitments included in the Balfour Declaration. The British official stance as reflected in the numerous White Papers and reports devoted to the issue gradually evolved towards a more realistic approach to the Palestinian question which was sidelined with the outbreak of World War Two.Palestine did not get much in-depth coverage by the British Press except in those dailies owned by opinionated newspaper proprietors such as Lord Northcliffe who used The Daily Mail to criticize the British Mandate as both too costly and doomed to fail. The Times also aired Lord Northcliffe’s views but was mostly used as a tribune by all those involved in the handling of the Palestinian question.