Haavara FAQs: The impact of the British White Paper of 1939 on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and its ramifications

Between 1936 and 1939, the Palestinian people started one of the largest anti-colonial struggles at the time in what became known as the Great Arab Revolt of 1936, and it was ignited by the increase of Jewish immigration to their country. Palestinians, like all colonized Indigenous peoples, feared imminent replacement and dispossession, which later became known as the Nakba. In return for terminating the revolt and for Arab support during WWII, the British agreed to impose severe limits on future Jewish immigration based on the White Paper of 1939 (which effectively reversed the Balfour Declaration). Thus, from the start, the indigenous people (who made up over 90% of citizens and to this date still owns 94% of the lands) made it clear that those who are plotting to replace them are never welcome. On top of that, the colonial occupying power, Great Britain, promised Palestinians a complete independence after the war ends. Our analysis continues below the image.

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

This explains why Zionists of all shades made defeating the White Paper their top priority, and for that to happen, Jews had to become a majority by any means possible. But how could Zionists direct Europe's Jews to Palestine? Simple, Theodor Herzl provided the blueprint three decades earlier in the late 19th century: 1) Instigate and exploit Jewish refugee crises to the maximum, 2) foment antisemitism where it didn't exist, and 3) close any viable exits unless Palestine was the ONLY destination; that is how the "Jewish state" could be built in a record time.

Hitler's Message To The West: If Jews are such noble citizens and you care about them, how come you're not letting them in?

In a nutshell, Zionist leaders worked hand over fist to close all windows in a burning house, and they left one exit (Palestine) to Europe's Jews to maximize their political gains to defeat the White Paper of 1939. Actually, David Ben-Gurion referred to such a process as the LEVER that would create the "Jewish state". Ironically, Ben-Gurion used to refer to saving Jews outside of Palestine as more like "Witch Doctor's Medicine"! In layman's terms, those Jews who saved themselves in countries other than Palestine were doomed anyhow; therefore, that was a waste of resources and money. As will be proven shortly below, Zionist leaders made sure that Europe's Jews were left with two options: either they made Aliyah to Palestine to join the yishuv or go to Auschwitz, and lobbied feverishly like hell against any viable third alternative. Sadly, this evil policy continued even after WWII ended in the DP camps. 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 November 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.]

JFK said it BEST in 1939: Palestine Was Hardly Britain's to Give Away

Therefore, in practice, Zionists executed David Ben-Gurion's infamous antisemitic hate speech to the maximum to increase their political leverage, which he articulated a month after the Kristallnacht pogrom. We believe it is worthwhile watching Peter Bergson for two and half minutes talking about the Rabbis' march in the Fall of 1943 (the only protest by Jews in DC during WWII), the obstetrical they faced from Zionists (which he referred to as "monkey wrenches"), how the Bergson Boys lobbied to rescue Europe's Jews in the US Congress, and most importantly how Zionists fought his group with tooth and nail because they didn't advocate saving Europe's Jews ONLY to Palestine. Make sure to watch Mr. Bergson to the last second and remember this happened when the last million and a half were alive:

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

The astute reader might ask: Why did Zionist leaders execute such a thing at the height of the calamity? Well, here it is from American and Zionist leaders (Rabbi Stephen Wise and Nahum Goldmann) spelling it out in plain English in May 1943:

We cannot press the Hitler button and the British and Palestine button [defeating the White Paper of 1939] at one and the same time! (NYTimes, April 18th, 1982: AMERICAN JEWS AND THE HOLOCAUST By Lucy S. Dawidowicz). Nahum Goldman was known to have said something similar (see Abandonment Of The Jews By David S. Wyman, p. 176).

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

All knew there was insufficient bandwidth to fight Hitler and the White Paper of 1939 simultaneously, and one had to give. Zionist leaders knew well that the only way to defeat the White Paper was by directing the Jewish refugees ONLY to Palestine. That is why they were fixated on Palestine as the only destination for Jewish refugees. In the process, Europe's Jews were left high and dry, and Ben-Gurion got his LEVER that created his state. In depth, we have addressed this topic in another section