Reply #83: Your population figures run until 1937 (before the White Paper)

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When Jewish immigration grinded nearly to a halt and Arab immigration from other areas into Israel increased rapidly.

WHY aren't you bringing up native Arab resistance to massive Arab immigration prior to 1948? They were coming because of the Jewish economic benefits, weren't they? So by 1948, a very large number of Arabs were in the area of Israel precisely because of economic opportunity created by Jews, right?

But you'll argue those Arabs of 1948 (all "authentic" Palestinians, even the newest Arab immigrants) were against more Jews being there?

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Seems a very large number were coming to Israel or migrating towards jobs there precisely because of the Jews. They wouldn't have come if it weren't for the Jews.

But I'll grant you that many Arabs of that area (like Hitler's friend the Mufti) were as antisemitic as others around the world, not wanting any Jews coming there. I'm not sure why you think their opinion matters much. Like everyone else around the world limiting Jews looking for refuge during Holocaust times, they were all moral perverts.

And as Oberliner brought up, why were mass numbers of Jews coming to Israel in the 1930's? Was their goal to be colonialists or find safe refuge in what was already declared the Jewish homeland? I want to see you try claiming most of those "Zionists" had evil or racist intent.