A Short Survey of the Palestine Problem (ص 19)
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- A Short Survey of the Palestine Problem (ص 19)
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number of Jews in order to justify theoretically the idea
of the Jewish National Home, and to establish practically
the Zionist state. Thus, Britain opened the door of Pales-
tine for Jewish immigration, and extended its protection
over illegal immigration.
During the 35 years prior to British occupation, the
number of immigrant Jews into Palestine did not exceed
29,000. During the first four years of British occupation
Jewish immigrants numbered more than 26,000. After
ten years of occupation this number reached 100,000 ;
and after 17 years 250,000. When Britain occupied Pales-
tine the Jewish population was only 56,000; and when
Britain left the country there were 700,000 Jews. In other
words, the number of the Jews became 12 times more
during the period of British occupation.
b. After procuring the people it was necessary
to provide them with the land. When the policy of finan-
cial inducement adopted by Zionism did not succeed in
forcing the Arabs sell their land, Britain took such
measures aS promulgating prejudiced agriculture laws,
oppressing the Arab landowners with heavy taxes, thus
impoverishing the Arab farmer, in order to force him sell
his land to the Jews. In addition, Britain started to trans-
fer large areas of public property land to Zionist bodies.
In spite of all these attempts the land owned by the Jews
prior to 1948 did not exceed 6% of the total area of Pales-
tine. But it was enough to establish Zionist settlements,
and to absorb the immigrant Jews.
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- A Short Survey of the Palestine Problem
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- المنشئ
- Darwazah, al-Ḥakam
- دروزة، الحكم
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