This Week in Israel’s History: The Passfield White Paper, Opposing a Jewish National Homeland, is Rejected by British Cabinet On February 13, 1931, the Passfield White Paper, which threatened the development of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine, was rejected by the British cabinet.
This Week in Israel’s History: Arab Leaders Reject Partition Plan Arab leaders reject the Peel Commission Report of 1937, which proposed partitioning British-Mandate Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states.