The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al Hasanji’s (Husseini) testimony to the Royal (Peel) Commission of 1937 in Palestine: Q: Lord Peel: Since you demand the establishment of a national government in Palestine, what will you do with the 400,000 Jews already living there? A: Mufti: It will not be the first time that […]
A member of the Arab Higher Committee admitted to us that “nowhere in the world were such uneconomic land-prices paid as the Jews in Palestine.” Source: 70, p.126.
“There is some mystery regarding the policy which has governed Jewish immigration since the rebellion. In April 1936 the half-yearly labour quota was 4500. In November 1936 it sank to 1800, and in May 1937 it sank again to 770. The policy is supposed to be governed by the economic absorbic capacity of Palestine to […]
“In these disorders 47 Jews were killed and 146 wounded, mostly by Arabs, and 48 Arabs were killed and 73 wounded, mostly by police and military action.” Source: Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Jewish Problems in Palestine and Europe. Report to the United States Government and His Majesty;s Government in the United Kingdom, Lausanne, Switzerland, April […]
Arabs besieged Haderah and attempted an attack on Rehovoth. Source: Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Jewish Problems in Palestine and Europe. Report to the United States Government and His Majesty;s Government in the United Kingdom, Lausanne, Switzerland, April 20, 1946. Wahington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1946.; http://www.middleeastpiece.com/palestinianviolence.html
The village of Petah Tiqvah was attacked by several thousand armed Arabs in semi-military formation, and was saved from destruction only by the arrival of several squadrons of cavalry. Source: Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Jewish Problems in Palestine and Europe. Report to the United States Government and His Majesty;s Government in the United Kingdom, Lausanne, […]
Hebrew colonies at Kfar Saba and Ain Hai were looted. Source: Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Jewish Problems in Palestine and Europe. Report to the United States Government and His Majesty;s Government in the United Kingdom, Lausanne, Switzerland, April 20, 1946. Wahington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1946.; http://www.middleeastpiece.com/palestinianviolence.html
Arab mobs attacked Jewish residents of Jaffa and stormed the Zionist Immigration Center, killing 13 persons. Source: Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Jewish Problems in Palestine and Europe. Report to the United States Government and His Majesty;s Government in the United Kingdom, Lausanne, Switzerland, April 20, 1946. Wahington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1946.; http://www.middleeastpiece.com/palestinianviolence.html
Half of the members of Irgun Bet (Hagana Bet), commanded by Abraham Tehomi, return to the Hagana. Those remaining establish the Irgun Tzva’I Le’umi (acronym Etzel), headed by David Raziel. It opposes the Yishuv leaders who believe that a policy of restraint towards the Arabs needs to be adopted.
“Illegal” immigration to Palestine (in Hebrew Aliyah Bet), is resumed with Revisionist support and is known as the ‘Af Al Pi’ (Despite) Aliyah.