“When World War II broke out in 1939, and I felt the increased British pressure on the French authorities in Lebanon to hand me over, I tried to take refuge in Iraq and then in Persia. The British military authorities tried to capture me there and I found myself compelled to seek refuge in Turkey; […]
February 1942 The shame of Winston Churchill Churchill pointed out that up to the time that the decision to deport the Darien refugees had been taken: ‘ It looked as if we should be subjected to a wave of illegal immigration, but now that the whole of south eastern Europe is in German hands, there […]
THE TRAGEDY OF “ILLEGAL” IMMIGRANT SHIP, STRUMA In December 1941 The Struma an over 100 year old cattle boat left the Romanian port of Constanza with 769 Jews on board, 669 more than its normal complement. It contained only one toilet, no washing facilities and had grossly inadequate sleeping quarters. Passenger wishing to breathe fresh […]
September 7, 1942 The Shame of Winston Churchill “a train containing 4,000 Jewish children, unaccompanied and without identification papers or even distinguishing marks, left Lyon(France) for ‘somewhere in Poland.’ The destination in Germany was known, both to the Times and to Churchill, only as ‘somewhere in Poland’. Their destination was in fact Auschwitz, although this […]
September 8, 1942, The Shame of Winston Churchill: Winston Churchill in the House of Commons : “The most bestial, the most squalid and the most senseless of all their offences, namely, the mass deportation of Jews from France, with the pitiful horrors attendant upon the calculated and final scattering of families. This tragedy fills me […]
May 21st 1943 Arabs Say No to Jewish Homeland – State of Israel King of Saudi Arabia IBN Saud’s First Pronouncement on the Palestine Problem Translation: Interview of His Majesty the King with LIFE Magazines’ Representative, Mr. Busch. Raid, March 21,1943 What is your Majesty’s opinion concerning the Palestine problem? I have withheld my opinion […]
Churchill in the House of Commons : “The most bestial, the most squalid and the most senseless of all their offences, namely, the mass deportation of Jews from France, with the pitiful horrors attendant upon the calculated and final scattering of families. This tragedy fills me with astonishment as well as with indignation, and it […]
King of Saudi Arabia IBN Saud’s First Pronouncement on the Palestine Problem Translation: Interview of His Majesty the King with LIFE Magazines’ Representative, Mr. Busch. Raid, March 21,1943 What is your Majesty’s opinion concerning the Palestine problem? I have withheld my opinion concerning the Palestine problem from the Arabs in order to avoid placing them […]
May 21st 1943 LIFE VISITS IBN SAUD For all practical purposes Saudi Arabia is a closed country to the Christian world. (pg 69) In World War II, as in World War I, which preceded his possession of the Holy Cities, Ibn Saud has preserved a benevolent neutrality. This was fortunate for the British. Before the […]
July 2, 1943 India, Muslims, and Oil Joint Planning Staff Committee of the British War Cabinet “The views of the Chiefs of Staff were sought frequently by the Cabinet Committee appointed in July 1943, to consider a long term solution for the Palestine problem. General Wavell, not normally a member of the War Cabinet, was […]