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March 6, 1940 British Restrict Land Transfer to Jews in Palestine

Philip Noel-Baker in the House of Commons:

“in the future, he (Secretary of state malcom macdonald) is to allow the Jews the right of free purchase in 2.6 per cent. Of the total area of Palestine.  When they were first promised the National Home, it was to include Trans-Jordan and was to be 45,000 square miles.  In 1922, Trans-Jordan was cut away and it became 10,000 square miles.  The Peel Commission proposed to cut it to 2,000 square miles.  Now the Secretary of State cuts it to 260 square miles.  That 260 square miles is an area where the Jews have already purchased the most; where the land has already been reclaimed and where, proportionately, the Arabs are thickest on the ground”

“THIS POLICY IS NOT ADOPTED FOR ECONOMIC REASONS.  IN REALITY, THE SECRETARY OF STATE PROPOSES TO KEEP THE GREATER PART OF PALESTINE CLEAN OF JEWS HE IS ADOPTING DR. Goebbels  WATCH WORD.  IT IS TO BE ‘JUDEN REIN.’”

Source: Parliamentary Debates: House of Commons Official Report, Published by His Majesty’s Stationery Office Wednesday March 6, 1940 (p415)

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