Jewish immigration followed waves of persecution in central and eastern Europe, and increased dramatically after the accession of Hitler in 1933.
The Separation Plan
establishment of agricultural settlements under conditions of severe hardship, and generally dependent on the support of Jewish philanthropists.
The Evian Conference
In December 1931 a Muslim Conference in Jerusalem attended by 22 countries denounced Zionism, and in 1933 a boycott of British and Zionist goods was proclaimed.
World War II and the Nazi Holocaust
The British Government responded to the Arabs’ violent protests against Jewish immigration and land acquisition, by instituting commissions of inquiry.
A conference between the British Government and Jewish and Arab representatives took place in London.
Six million Jews were killed in the Holocust. It was the world largest genocide. One lesson was clear: in times of severe crisis in any country, no outsider is safe.