King-Crane+Commission

**First Three Points:** **The Commission Suggests Palestine as a Jewish State is Bad Because:**
 * King-Crane Commission:**
 * **Recommendations on the division of Palestine**
 * Appointed by Woodrow Wilson in August, 1919
 * Sympathized with the Arab cause
 * Functioned to discuss which western nations should have mandate powers over Palestine.
 * Extreme modification of the Zionist plan of unlimited Jewish immigration
 * 1) The negotiators looked into Zionism with a bias towards it; facts in Palestine and general principles of the Allies lead them to recommend this national Jewish home.
 * 2) The Commission was given abundant informantion on the Zionist program and felt sympathy naturally for the Jews for overcoming great natural obstacles.
 * 3) The Commission also recognized the agreement Mr. Balfour had made with the Jews. It isn't possible for both the Jews and the Arabs to coexist in Palestine
 * "A national home for Jewish people is not the same as making Palestine into a Jewish State".
 * Settlement of Palestine and other nations should be determined with the best interest of local peoples, not material interest of any other nation for sake of foreign influence.
 * It isn’t taking the non-Jewish 9/10 population’s opinion against Zionism enough into consideration.
 * The act of making Palestine into a Jewish state is injust because it had to be carried out with force of arms, showing the high level of public disagreement.
 * Palestine is the Holy Land for Jews, Christians, and Muslims. There might be conflict of trust towards Jews as fit guardians for this area.
 * Religiously, Muslims are much better guardians for these holy lands as holy places of all three religions involved are sacred to them, while Jews religiously feel hostility towards the holy lands of other religions.
 * It would unite all who opposed the Jewish settlement and intensify anti-Jewish feeling.