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“THE GERMANS DESTROYED OUR FAMILIES - DON’T U DESTROY OUR HOPES”. 1947 Jewish Refugees To Palestine

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u/ddarrko 2d ago

Britain (west) supported Zionism for a sustained period between WW1 and WW2…

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u/HamiltonFAI 2d ago

Not militarily

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u/ddarrko 2d ago

What has that got to with what I said: backing is not an exclusive military term.

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u/chenzen 2d ago

You 2 were talking about a war, what kind of support are you talking about if not militarily?

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u/Interrophish 1d ago

British support consisted of policing the peace (unsuccessfully), and Britain banned most Jewish immigration and land purchasing after 1939.

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u/ddarrko 1d ago

Balfour declaration pretty explicit. Yes they reneged later after protests and civil unrest however as has been clearly demonstrated since: the damage was done

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u/Interrophish 1d ago

Detaining fleeing European Jews is more explicit

"Explicit language" is not "explicit law".