@JustFedUpOfThis
Absolutely nothing misleading in the slightest about what I wrote. All verifiable facts. But you, again, are a source of misinformation. Honestly, where are you getting this from? I can’t believe you are serious.
Yes - there was a substantial Jewish population post WW1 as - thanks to the Rule of the British Mandate which was designed to heavily favour the Jews, the Jewish population had grown massively from post WW1 - particularly in the 1930’s due to rise of Nazism. So of course the Jews arriving in 1945 were not surprised to see a thriving population. The British had encouraged this. And one of the reasons they were thriving, aside from Favourable rules designed by the British, was that many of the incoming Jews were wealthy - they had the resources to start businesses. They were not typical refugees who flee with nothing other than the clothes on their back. (Note that I know that for those poor souls escaping the Holocaust this was not the case)
Wrong on so many counts.
a) Many of the incoming Jews were wealthy? WTF? Evidence please? Most of the Jews had NOTHING. Yes, they had human capital - most were well-educated. But they were absolutely not wealthy. Kind of stinks a bit of the usual slur of the wealthy Jew but let's let that one slide. So, no, they were not wealthy.
b)The British had not encouraged or done anything to support the Jewish population. What they had allowed them was a high degree of self rule. But, of course, that was in their self interest. They had to supply schools and hospitals and other services to the Arab population. But the Jewish community took care of all that themselves and did not bother the British which pleased them as it saved them money and resources. True, the Arab revolt did change that somewhat as the British then allowed the Jews to arm and defend themselves which strengthened the "Haganah" and which later helped them win the 1947/8 war but, again, that was self-interest because they were being attacked by the Arabs.
And no one "dumped" them in Palestine. Certainly no powers. Indeed, the British refused to let Jewish refugees into Palestine after the war and interned them in Cyprus.
That is a very misleading statement. The huge and unfettered influx of Jews into Palestine in the 1930’s resulted in the Arab Revolt of 1936 - 1939. At this point the British did begin to realise that an extremely dangerous situation was arising in Palestine. So they produced a white paper which restricted the number of Jews arriving per year 75,000
Wrong, nothing misleading about the statement. After WW2, many desperate “illegal” immigrants (refugees) were interned on Cyprus by the British to stop them entering.
Further, a little history lesson for you as you seem a bit confused. There were a number of waves of immigration of Jews to Palestine. The first and second "aliyot" as the waves are called were during the Ottoman rule (pre WW1) and they were hugely influential in establishing Jewish modern society. The third aliya was 1919-1923, really a continuation of the second. These aliyot were mainly from Poland/Russia and mostly ideological although also affected by the Russian revolution and various pogroms The fourth aliya was during the 1920s. And then, the one you are clearly referring to, was the fifth aliya. which was large and included many German and Austrian Jews (not wealthy - the Nazis didn't allow them to keep their wealth - but often very educated).
Indeed, the growing economic strength of the Jewish community and immigration, as well as urbanization and lack of opportunities in the cities for Arabs, drove the Arab revolt. And the British did severely curtail Jewish immigration as a result.
But think about this. No one was grabbing or stealing land since the British were in charge. Land had to be bought from owners. The Arabs were revolting and murdering because desperate and persecuted Jews were seeking refuge in their ancestral homeland. What do you think happened to the Jews who were turned away from Palestine by the quotas imposed by the British? You do know that these people were most likely murdered by the Nazis? In their deseprate hour of need, the British shut the doors to what should have been their refuge.
zionist terrorism
As a result of these restrictions, several Zionist terror groups started attacking the British. This included bomb attacks in London and Jerusalem where the bomb attack on the King David Hotel resulted in 91 deaths.
In another desperately unfortunate incident, the Haganah deliberately bombed the ship “Patria” which contained Jewish refugees who had been refused entry to Palestine as they didn’t have permits. The Haganah wanted to alert the world to their plight but ultimately sank the ship, killing nearly 300 refugees. The survivors were allowed entry to Palestine by the British.
This is rather bizarrely thrown into the mix. The King David Hotel bombing was condemned by the Jewish mainstream. Of course it was terrorism, people were furious with the British for having prevented desperate Jews refuge and left them to their terrible fate and some decided to take extreme acts of terrorism which were nonetheless condemned by the vast majority of Jews.
And the Patria? WTF? Do you even understand what happened there? The Hagana wanted to disable the boat to prevent the British deporting Jewish refugees from Europe. They miscalculated and sank the boat with awful loss of life. What are you trying to prove with this? Suddenly you care about Jewish refugees? Really odd.
What is true is that the in the aftermath of WW1, the Arabs formed the vast majority of the Palestinian population. Indeed it was the Arabs, and not the Jews, who fought alongside the British in WW1 to help defeat Germany’s ally - the Ottoman Empire. The Jewish population only started to grow significantly after WW1 where there was a huge influx of Jews (and it’s really important to note that many of these Jews were wealthy so had the means to establish themselves).
a) Again, here we go with the wealthy Jews. Because of course Jews must be wealthy. This is patently not true and you have no evidence to back up this statement.
b) If you think the Jews didn’t fight with the British against the Ottomans in Palestine then you really need a history lesson (I mean seriously, WTF, how can you be so wrong?!). The Arabs didn’t like the Ottomans but neither did the Jews. In fact, the Jews were SO supportive of the British (look up the Nili spy network, what happened to Sarah Aharonson) that they were scared that they might suffer the same fate as the Armenians (luckily the British won before that could happen). In fact, ALL the Jews in Tel Aviv were deported by the Ottomans in 1917 with terrible suffering. My grandparents lived through these events. These are verifiable facts, not your fantasy.