The Invention of Palestinian Citizenship, 1918-1947

Download or read book The Invention of Palestinian Citizenship, 1918-1947 written by Lauren Banko and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume situates the evolution of citizenship at the centre of state formation under the quasi-colonial mandate administration in Palestine. It emphasises the ways in which British officials crafted citizenship to be separate from nationality based on prior colonial legislation elsewhere, a view of the territory as divided communally, and the need to offer Jewish immigrants the easiest path to acquisition of Palestinian citizenship in order to uphold the mandate's policy.