Zionism and British imperialism II: Imperial financing in Palestine  1 This article may be seen as a sequel to my previous one, “Was the Balfour Declaration at Risk in 1923? Zionism and British Imperialism.” View all notes

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Britain honored its international commitment under the Balfour Declaration for the duration of the 1920s in order to retain control of Palestine - a strategic buffer to the Suez Canal. The import of Jewish capital and revenues from Zionist enterprise and commerce in Palestine enabled it to do so. Not only was Britain able to administer Palestine at a minimal cost to the British taxpayer, but it also used Zionist-generated capital to finance its own imperial projects in the region: the construction of Haifa harbor, and an oil pipeline and road from Baghdad to Haifa.View full textDownload full textKeywordsAmery, Balfour, British Imperialism, Churchill, Joynson-Hicks, Mandate, Mond, Palestine Loan, Palestinian Arabs, Plumer, Samuel, Weizmann, Zionist LoanRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13531042.2011.610119