Author
Sorour, Musa
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID
ISSN: 1026-9576, EISSN: 2959-9830, DOI: 10.34120/ajh.v42i166.309
Record ID
cdi_crossref_primary_10_34120_ajh_v42i166_309
Library Location
EBSCOhost Humanities International Complete
Notes
This research aims to shed light on the true motives for France’s protection of the Zionist movement’s immigrants to Ottoman Palestine and to reveal the nature and limits of this protection as reflected in French secret diplomatic documents. The research attempted to answer the problem of the relationship between France and the immigrants of the Zionist movement to Ottoman Palestine, whether from France or from its colonies in North Africa. Does France’s protection of these immigrants stem from France’s deep belief in the right of these immigrants to “return to their original country” and for a humanitarian motive, as is rumored? Or were they merely a functional tool through which France implemented its colonial projects on the land of Palestine in the context of colonial competition? The study used the analytical and investigative approach in reading the relevant archive documents of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to answer the problem. These documents include secret correspondence and reports between various French diplomatic channels and frameworks in France, Istanbul and Palestine. Through these official correspondence, the reality of French protection for these immigrants was discovered. The study concluded that: There were no humanitarian motives in France’s protection of Jewish immigrants to Palestine; Nor did any statements by French diplomacy appear referring to the religious or historical rights of Jews in the land of Palestine. Accordingly, France does not see the need to return these rights to their owners. On the contrary, the economic factor and colonial competition were the decisive factor in France’s protection of Jewish immigrants to Palestine. It dealt with them as numbers and clients and nothing more, according to purely economic calculations, using them as tools to implement its colonial policies in Palestine in light of multiple colonial conflicts. This paper aims at shedding light on the real motives for France to protect the immigrants of the Zionist movement to Ottoman Palestine. In addition to revealing the nature and limits of French protection as reflected in French secret diplomatic documents. The study attempts to answer the problematic of the relationship between France and the Zionist movement's immigrants to Ottoman Palestine or from its colonies in North Africa. Does France's protection of these immigrants stem from France's deep belief in the right of these immigrants to "return to their country of origin", as is rumored? Alternatively, were they just a functional tool through which France implements on the land of Palestine its colonial projects? The study used the analytical and investigative approach in reading the relevant archive documents of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to answer the problem. These documents include secret correspondence and reports between the various French diplomatic channels and frameworks in France, Istanbul and Palestine. Through these official correspondences, the reality of French protection for these immigrants was established.The study concluded that the humanitarian motives in France's protection of Jewish immigrants to Palestine were not real; nor did any statements appear by the French diplomats referred to the religious or historical rights of the Jews in the land of Palestine. Accordingly, France did not consider the necessity of restoring these rights to their owners. On the contrary, the economic factors and the colonial competition were the decisive factors in France's protection of Jewish immigrants to Palestine. France dealt with those immigrants just as numbers and customers, but according to purely economic calculations. France used the Jewish immigrants as a tool to implement its colonial policies in Palestine in the light of the various colonial powers. This paper aims at shedding light on the real motives for France to protect the immigrants of the Zionist movement to Ottoman Palestine. In addition to revealing the nature and limits of French protection as reflected in French secret diplomatic documents. The study attempts to answer the problematic of the relationship between France and the Zionist movement's immigrants to Ottoman Palestine or from its colonies in North Africa. Does France's protection of these immigrants stem from France's deep belief in the right of these immigrants to "return to their country of origin", as is rumored? Alternatively, were they just a functional tool through which France implements on the land of Palestine its colonial projects? The study used the analytical and investigative approach in reading the relevant archive documents of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to answer the problem. These documents include secret correspondence and reports between the various French diplomatic channels and frameworks in France, Istanbul and Palestine. Through these official correspondences, the reality of French protection for these immigrants was established.The study concluded that the humanitarian motives in France's protection of Jewish immigrants to Palestine were not real; nor did any statements appear by the French diplomats referred to the religious or historical rights of the Jews in the land of Palestine. Accordingly, France did not consider the necessity of restoring these rights to their owners. On the contrary, the economic factors and the colonial competition were the decisive factors in France's protection of Jewish immigrants to Palestine. France dealt with those immigrants just as numbers and customers, but according to purely economic calculations. France used the Jewish immigrants as a tool to implement its colonial policies in Palestine in the light of the various colonial powers.
Görüntüle
al-Majallah al-ʻArabīyah lil-ʻulūm al-insānīyah, 2024-04, Vol.42 (166), p.113-142
