1939 White Paper:
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created by who?
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British
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what did it follow?
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an unsuccessful Anglo-Arab-Jewish conference in London in February 1939
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it came as a shock to...
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zionists
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it stated
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\"His Majesty's Government therefore now declare unequivocally that it is not part of their policy that Palestine should become a Jewish state.\"
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document declared that Jewish immigration was
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to be limited to 15,000 a year over the next five years, at which point it would cease altogether unless the Arab community consented to its continuation
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Land transfers to Jews were to be
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restricted to certain specified areas
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Palestine would be granted
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independence in 10 yrs
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also proposed that an additional
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25,000 Jewish Refugees be allowed into the mandate
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condemned by the Jewish community because
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Jews were fleeing Hitler's terror en masse,
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Zionist leaders marshaled their supporters in preparation for
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a political campaign against the White Paper
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Palestinian Arab leaders regarded the White Paper as
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a victory of some sorts They now had every reason to believe they would remain a majority in Palestine
