Trudy Gold
Palestine in the 1920s and 1930s, Part 1
Summary
Trudy Gold discusses the complex history of Palestine in the 1920s and 1930s. She mentions British interests, Arab nationalism, and the Zionist movement, covering events like the Balfour Declaration, Arab activism led by Hajj Amin al-Husayni, Faisal’s shifting alliances, and the appointment of High Commissioner Herbert Samuel.
Trudy Gold
Trudy Gold was the CEO of the London Jewish Cultural Centre and a founding member of the British delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). Throughout her career she taught modern Jewish history at schools, universities, and to adult groups and ran seminars on Holocaust education in the UK, Eastern Europe, and China. She also led Jewish educational tours all over the world. Trudy was the educational director of the student resources “Understanding the Holocaust” and “Holocaust Explained” and the author of The Timechart History of Jewish Civilization.
There’s been a settled Jewish community there and Zionists began going to Palestine from 1881 onwards.
It’s a very debated figure, but there were many more Arabs than Jews. During the first Aliyah from 1881 to 1903, it’s estimated that for every Jew that settled in Palestine, four Arabs moved in.
The French Rothschilds had set up Richon le Zion. The Rothschild family were very divided over Zionism. The English Rothschild, by this time, was a Zionist, but weren’t of huge importance, except as funders.