RE: Now it's a basic law: The State of Israel is the national home of the Jewish people
※→ P F Tinmore, Shusha, et al,
There is much more to the issuance of the "British Whited Paper of 1939" than meets the eye.
What we refer to as the "British White Paper of 1939" was actually written in late 1938. It was "the statement on Palestine, issued on 9 November 1938;" literally on the eve of
Reichskristallnacht... It was presented to the Arab Higher Committee and Jewish Agency Delegations as the basis of an agreed settlement. Neither the Arab nor the Jewish delegation felt able to accept these proposals, and the conferences, therefore, did not result in an agreement. But it was Ratified by Parliament anyway. It was THE DAY that openly recognized the deliberate persecution of Jewish people in Germany → and the foundation for anti-Semitism for aristocrats and high society that supported better diplomatic relations with Germany. It was the night that open attacks against Jews → the physical destruction of Jewish property → and looting of Jewish homes and businesses was → either approved or condoned by the NAZIs and local government authorities.
The 1939 White Paper was policy, yes... But! as the world would come to see, many policies were to change during the course of the war that was but a few months away. Policies would change, and the fact that the Arab Palestinians supported the Axis Powers, future policies them would be few and far between.
But this statement has not removed doubts, and His Majesty's Government therefore now declare unequivocally that
it is not part of their policy that Palestine should become a Jewish State. They would indeed regard it as contrary to their obligations to the Arabs under the Mandate, as well as to the assurances which have been given to the Arab people in the past,
that the Arab population of Palestine should be made the subjects of a Jewish State against their will.
The Avalon Project : British White Paper of 1939
(COMMENT)
While there is no question that the idea of "Partition" was to have its flaws, it was better than nothing given the lack of interest in saving, preserving and protecting the Jewish People. The establishment of an independent Jewish State gradually became more appealing. At the end of the war, policymakers did not want to see a repeat of the SS St Louis.
The concept of openly mistreating the Jewish was to undergo a dramatic change in the decade between Kristallnacht (1938) and Jewish Independence (1948).
(SIDEBAR)
Many people silently held misgivings towards the Arab Palestinians that opposed the Allied Powers in both WWI and WWII. Many found suspect the convenient answer of "coincidence" in the case of the 9 November 1938 support of the White Paper; just as they were suspicious of the appearance of many of the same Arabs that opposed the Allies in the Middle East in both World Wars.
Most Respectfully,
R
