a delegation from the zionist organization led by haim weizman also participated in this conference. arab regions under the rule of the ottoman empire between britain and france were divided, according to which palestine was the british share. in this meeting, they presented a plan to call the allotted area of palestine the jewish land. in 1920, in a controversial decision, london appointed herbert samuel, a zionist, as the first british high commissioner for palestine. samuel was determined to turn palestine into a jewish land by emigrating jews. he passed at least 100 clauses to ensure that arab lands would fall into jewish hands. but his vital achievement was allowing the zionists to have an independent army. england provided conditions to facilitate the immigration of jews from different parts of the world, especially europe, to palestine. at this time , the people of palestine saw england and its soldiers as the same as the jews. displaced palestinian farmers. they formed revolutionary groups from their lands . in 191, the palestinians held a massive demonstration against the