The Role of the Congress in Implementing the Zionist Project in Palestine (1917 – 1946)

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Associate Professor of Modern and Contemporary HistoryAl Quds Open University- jehadbatish@hotmail.com

Abstract

This study examines the role of the U.S. Congress in the Zionist project in Palestine (1917 – 1946), where it  aims at giving a preliminary  image of the Zionist movement permeation  in order to dominate and control the United States  Jews before 1917, and to control the American society and then the congress members of both its houses; the Congress  and the Senate. This study clarifies the role of the Congress from the events, committees and the important decisions taken during the study period, e.g. Balfour Declaration ,  Mandate for Palestine and the White Paper 1939 and Biltmore conference program and the Anglo-American committee  in 1946.The researcher  has used the scientific historic method that is based on the analysis of the Congress attitudes from the previous topics, and the extent of the pressure on the U.S. administration in order to take a supporting position in behalf of the Zionist project in Palestine , which has had a significant impact on the development of this project until 1946. This impact was represented in the role of Congress in the work and recommendations of the Anglo-American Committee which always supported the Zionist project. The researcher will take the benefit from some resources and references, mainly the Congress documents (decisions - diaries - recommendations)  during the study period, and also a variety of Arab and foreign references.