Israeli History Newsrael News Desk MAY 19, 2026
WATCH: May 17, 1939: Britain appeased Arabs, condemning Europe’s Jews to the Holocaust
As Jews across Europe were being beaten, robbed & deported after Kristallnacht, Britain joined the side of their persecutors by issuing the infamous White Paper of 1939 — one of the most disgraceful acts of appeasement and betrayal in modern history.
First they appeased Hitler at Munich.
Then they appeased the Mufti of Jerusalem and Arab violence.
At the worst possible moment, Britain illegally slammed the last escape door shut on Europe’s Jews. The White Paper drastically restricted Jewish immigration to a trickle and made any further entry subject to Arab consent — which the Arabs had already made clear would be zero. Jewish land purchases were brutally restricted.
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