Note on Translation and Transliteration
CHAPTER 1 The Land Regime in Late Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine
Landownership and Rental Agreements
The Status Quo and the “Politics of Notables”
CHAPTER 2 The Land Question, 1917-1929
Closure of the Land Registry Offices, 1918
The Land Transfer Ordinance (LTO) of 1 October 1920
Reaction to the Land Transfer Ordinance and Its Emendation
Compensation to Tenants in Occupation
Palestinian Arab Land Sales: Motives
CHAPTER 3 The British Threat to the Jewish National Home, 1930
Hope-Simpson’s Appointment and Arrival
The Jewish Agency’s Rationale to Hope-Simpson
Hope-Simpson’s Attitude toward the Land Issue
Hope-Simpson’s Findings: Cultivable Land Estimates
Hope-Simpson’s Findings: Landless Arabs
Hope-Simpson’s Findings: The Development Department
CHAPTER 4 Neutralization of the British Threat: The Postponement of Land-Transfer Controls
Reaction to the White Paper and to Chancellor’s Land Legislation
The Henderson Committee: Repudiation of the White Paper
Jewish Agency Reaction to the Proposed Land Bills
The Defeat of Land-Transfer Controls
CHAPTER 5 The Rural Economy and Lewis French: The Landless Arab Inquiry
The Landless Arab Inquiry: The Jewish Agency’s Position
The Landless Arab Inquiry: Procedures for Enumeration
The Landless Arab Inquiry: Results of Enumeration
The Landless Arab Inquiry: Efforts at Resettlement
The French Reports: Jewish Agency and Arab Executive Reaction
CHAPTER 6 Jewish Land Purchase, 1933-1939
Influences on Jewish Land Purchase
The Impact of Owner-Occupier Sales
The Protection of Cultivators Ordinances
Small-Landowner Protection: A Mirage
Purchase Attempts in Syria and Success at Lake Huleh