jan 1, 1939 - British White Paper
Description:
In 1939, Britain sharply restricted Jewish immigration and land purchases in Mandatory Palestine (Eretz Israel), abandoning earlier support for the gradual development of a Jewish national home. Issued on the eve of the Holocaust, the policy severely limited legal refuge for European Jews and pushed the Zionist movement toward illegal immigration and growing confrontation with British rule.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1939
Now
~ 87 years ago