Haavara FAQs: Zionists' main goal all from day one was to instrigate (or engineer) a European Jewish refugee crisis that would act as the lever for creating their "Jewish state"

Herzl Died Thinking Israel Would Have Been in Uganda, not in "empty" Palestine

Theodor Herzl's plan from day one was to exploit future Jewish refugee crisis to create the "Jewish state", and he prepared his followers to be patient and not to waste future opportunities which would act as the LEVER (meaning that the crisis could be monetized financially and politically) in the process of creating their "Jewish state." In the 1880s, Herzl felt that opportunities were squandered when previous refugee crises weren't exploited. That said, Herzl never expected that moment to arrive so soon (just a year before he died in 1903). That is why he frantically pushed for the Uganda Scheme (passed by the 6th Zionist Congress) to save as many Jews as possible. The Uganda Scheme made the founders of the state of Israel (Weizmann, Ben-Gurion, Jabotinsky, ..etc) extremely angry for unknown reasons, and they managed to cancel it after Herzl's death in 1905. For some reasons, the hardcore Zionists were adamant that Jews should immigrate ONLY to Palestine irrespective of the dangers that Europe's Jews were facing at the time.

Hitler's message to the British and American people: If Jews are such noble citizens and you care about them, how come you're not letting them in?

When Hitler rose to power, David Ben-Gurion and Co. knew this was the moment Herzl was talking about. They knew either they exploit the opportunity that Hitler handed them immediately, or Zionism would self-destruct and come crashing under its own weight. In this regard, always keep in mind that the Jewish Agency was almost bankrupt during the great depression, and not for Hitler's Haavara, Zionist enterprises would have been liquidated by the mid-1930. That is why they fomented antisemitism when Hitler wasn't moving Jews out fast enough, especially after the famous pogroms in the 1930s. when antisemitism was not good for Zionism?

Arrival of a Kindertransport, Feb.-Jan., 1939: How did Zionist leaders respond when British people rescued 10,000 German Jewish children after the Kristallnacht pogrom?

In this regard, it's worth citing Ben-Gurion's biographer, Dan Kurzman, in Ben-Gurion: Prophet of Fire (1983). In preparation for the Evian Conference in the summer of 1938, here is Ben-Gurion instructing those around him (inclusive of the yishuv's media) to be quiet about Jewish persecution, but for the love of God, why? Well, keep reading the following few paragraphs to find out why! Hands down, Zionists are the masters of propaganda and manipulating the narratives. Suppressing and downplaying the news of Jewish persecution, as you see below, was the canary in the coal mine. What you see below was implemented at a large scale during the Holocaust not only in Palestine, but in the US as well:

Fake Valor: Daddy, what did you do during the Holocaust while you were in Palestine?

The Jews could have only one destination - Eretz Yisrael. So in June 1938, shortly before Allied representatives met in Evian, France, to seek ways of rescuing Jews, Ben-Gurion frankly voiced his concern to colleagues in the Jewish Agency Executive. He did "not know if the [ Evian] conference will open the gates of other countries [Oh, God forbid]. . . . But I am afraid [ it ] might cause tremendous harm to Eretz Yisrael and Zionism . . . . Our main task is to reduce the harm, the danger and the disaster [Ben-Gurion was referring to harming the yishuv; he was not referring to harming diaspora Jews; the was the LEVER] . . . and the more we emphasize the terrible distress of the Jewish masses in Germany, Poland and Rumania, the more damage we shall cause ." So be silent, Ben-Gurion cautioned his comrades. . . . And in the silence . . . Evian [Conference] failed. (see NY Times -- June 12th, 1987)

[Chaim Weizmann was known to have said something similar around the same time frame just before the Evian Conference was convened.]

Kastner Saved Lives Too: How does justifying Haavara after the fact not resemble Rudolf Kastner's defense of what happened on his famous train but at a much larger scale? Kastner train passengers on their way to Switzerland, 1944

In layman's terms, Ben-Gurion was very worried that emphasizing Jewish persecution would alarm the media and the public to a point that might force countries (like France and others) to open their gates (God forbid); thus harming the so-called yishuv in the process. YES, you read it correctly. Rescuing Jews in France and other countries was harmful for the yishuv, therefore, be quiet about it else Zionism would be doomed. Now, do you understand why the word rescue to Zionists had negative connotations during the 1930s and 40s? To Zionists, rescuing Jews implied a disaster (using Ben-Gurion's terminology) to Zionism! Now allow that to sink in for a minute, and ask yourself: how come 7/8th of the rescue budget was diverted? The answer is simple: that was good for Zionism! Another question: when antisemitism was not great for Zionism? The answer is simple again: never! What if the six million were saved, how that could have impacted the Zionist project? Well, here is our detailed reply.

David Ben-Gurion envisioned that Nazis' Nuremberg Race Laws would become the LEVER that would end up creating the "Jewish state," but how? Click the image for the details

As we shall discover soon, Ben-Gurion's LEVER plan before WWII was executed to the teeth during the height of the calamity. Sadly, Zionists' treason continued in the DP camps after WWII ended. During the DP Camp refugee crisis eight years after Evian, Ben-Gurion was known to have said something similar. He was worried that the American people would soften their hearts and open their gates to Jewish refugees, God forbid, of course. (see Israel In The Mind Of America by Peter Grose, p. 210). To many who know Zionists, this is not a surprise; Zionists' treason was and still is an open secret in Jewish communities.

As the refugee crisis intensified, in practice, Zionist leaders left Europe's Jews with two options: either they did Aliyah to Palestine or Auschwitz and lobbied like hell against any third alternative. Just in case you think our characterization is over the top, wait until you read it from Ben-Gurion himself when the Holocaust was in its infancy:

At the Biltmore Conference in May 1942 Ben-Gurion said: “The meaning of these two ships [Patria and Struma -- both were sunk during WWII with Jewish refugees onboard] is simple: Eretz-Israel or death-- and as soon as the war ends, many ships like these will stream to Eretz Israel.” (Beit-Zvi, p. 259)

[Two important points to keep in mind: A) When Ben-Gurion said this statement, he knew that Patria was sunk by the Haganah based on Moshe Sharett's orders in Nov. 1940 (almost 16 months earlier ). That by itself was very telling. B) The mass majority of Europe's Jewry after WWII ended immigrated to the Americas and preferred to live with the Gentiles even after Palestine was emptied of its people.]

Iraqi Arab Jews were AIRLIFTED directly from Baghdad's airport by the Near East Air Transport (owned by the Jewish Agency) in the early 1950s. That's the FIRST of its kind to any "refugee"

Here is another fun question: when Europe's Jews voted with their feet and immigrated to the Americans rather than Palestine (in practice, they flipped their middle fingers to Zionism), how and why do you think Arab Jews were directly AIRLIFTED from their homes in a hurry to Israel? Is it possible that it was done by orchestrating another Jewish refugee crisis? Think about it: how else Zionists managed to fill in the void that was created due to Nakba? Well, please be seated first, here are the facts from Israeli sources. Is it possible that Warsaw's Jewish community (who survived the Holocaust) was nudged into doing aliyah by engineering a similar refugee crisis after WWII ended?

Remind us please: Who shall push who into the sea? Jaffa May 1948, Palestinians were being pushed into the sea by Zionist Jewish forces

Just before you accuse us of peddling conspiracy theories, we ask you to contemplate David Ben-Gurion's definition of Zionism. To him Zionism simply means "transfer." The concept of "transferring" European Jews to Palestine (by engineering a Jewish refugee crises) and "transferring" the Palestinian people out of their lands (a.k.a. Nakba) is central to Zionism. Ben-Gurion eloquently articulated this essential Zionist pillar, he stated in 1944:

"Zionism is a TRANSFER [meaning Ha'avara in Hebrew] of the Jews. Regarding the TRANSFER of the [Palestinian] Arabs this is much easier than any other TRANSFER. There are Arab states in the vicinity . . . . and it is clear that if the [Palestinian] Arabs are removed [to these states] this will improve their condition and not the contrary." (Expulsion Of The Palestinians, p. 159)

[A word of caution: when Zionists speak of "transfer", they actually mean forcible population transfer (a.k.a. ethnic cleansing). As you have seen earlier; Zionists implemented "transfer" for Jews and Arabs alike with similar tragic results. Thus, engineering refugees' crises has been intrinsic to Zionism from day one.]

Finally, we ask you to contemplate reading what Aaron Berman wrote below which enforces our earlier analysis. Trust us, it is worth the read. Aaron, who is a well known Zionist, will give you important missing context on this rarely talked about subject.

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Nazism, The Jews, and American Zionism, 1933-1948 By Aaron Berman, p. 26-27, 63-65, 86-87, and the whole chapter III. After you read chapters III, IV, & V, and you might lose your religion. To Zionists, refugee crisis (to Arabs or Jews) always implied a LEVER; what a hateful word to use in this context!

As we were researching the One Million Plan for another topic, we found this page to be very relevant to our discussion. Ben-Gurion was emphasizing to his followers that a Jewish refugee crisis would become the most pressing issue after the war, and since the US would be dominate power, it would devote much of its resources to solving it. In a nutshell, Ben-Gurion was articulating his political LEVER that would end up creating his "Jewish state". Fasten your seat belts; this is quite chilling to read. Zionists were and still are very open and frank about their plans: