July 1 1937 The Palestine Mandate

The Peel Commission

“In so far as immigration has been the major factor in bringing the Jewish national home to its present stage of development, THE MANDATORY HAS FULLY IMPLEMENTED HIS OBLIGATION TO FACILITATE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL HOME FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN PALESTINE, as is evidence by the existence of a Jewish population of 400,000 persons.

The problem of immigration has been aggravated by three factors: (1) the drastic restriction imposed on immigration in the United States, (2) the advent of the National Socialist Government in Germany, and (3) the increasing economic pressure of the Jews in Poland.

The conclusion reached by the Commission on future immigration is as follows:

“We advise that there should now be a definite limit to the annual volume of Jewish immigration. We recommend that your majesty’s government should lay down a “political high level” of Jewish immigration to cover Jewish immigration of all categories. This high level should be fixed for the next five years at 12,000 per annum, and in capital during that period should more than that number be allowed in the country in any one year.”

PARTITION OFFERS A CHANCE OF ULTIMATE PEACE NO OTHER PLAN DOES.

Source: Palestine Royal (Peel) Commission Summary of Report pages (Cmd.5479)/(pg 15-26)/(pg 522-537)