had restricted entry since one thousand nine hundred nine and now that the common enemy hitler was defeated the jews were yesterday s allies. it became a matter of safeguarding the future political interests for which the british needed the arab states they reversed their promise to build a home for the jews in palestine a shock for the jewish people a violent response came from the underground zionist militant movement. in july nine hundred forty six it bombed the king david hotel in jerusalem the british administrative headquarters. ninety one people were killed. the british response was severe detained a group members were held in the old prison where they were reportedly tortured and some were executed. the more moderate had another group rejected terrorism it wanted to take action as in conspicuously as possible and try to smuggle in jews
. we still have hope in god i don t know i don t know. give a look at the arab rulers each one has taken a wife in his lap and had a good life. and we just we roamed the country begged lived like travelers barefoot without clothes they didn t even care. they had a good life god knows what will happen or. sadder and her family was stuck in lebanon. refugee return remains a bone of contention in the peace negotiations. israel refused to allow the refugees back these were a few jews were part of the palestinian people who had in fact attacked them and wanted to prevent the emergence of a jewish state had they allowed them back they would have represented a major fifth column inside the jewish state and would have destabilized the jewish
would never see his parents again for him the trip was a great adventure. resorted the log is in harbor from shift missing the land from the ship it was like a dream and in. it was the dream. during the nazi period two hundred thousand european jews fled to palestine it was their only hope almost all other borders were close to them by nine hundred thirty nine palestine s jewish population had tripled. shimon first went to tel aviv it was a modern city that reminded him of the land. founded in one thousand and nine it was a piece of europe in the middle east administered by the british. both jews and arabs were officially stateless both soldier islam as the holy site. for the jews it was
and tell became a british soldier. world war two had begun and like danny fifty thousand jews volunteered to join the british army the common foe was now adult hitler. danny was welcomed by the british he was fluent in arabic and worked as an interpreter for the military is first deployment was in north africa where the german troops had already arrived. the followers of the grand mufti sided with hitler the enemy of the jews. hitler received the arab leader in one nine hundred forty one. if you re not impeding the future a welcomes the grand mufti of jerusalem one of the most influential arab nationalists the grand mufti is the religious head of the arabs in palestine and their chief judge and financial of fishel the british persecutor him for his nationalist stance and put a price of twenty five thousand pounds on his head a risky route via italy brought him to germany you get one thing but you die do you
argentina. and you know i mean and. i m sparing no. yeah. you know. i m. in now it s very. yeah. yeah it was hard you know i m sorry the vote took three minutes and it changed the world. community for probably. want to stop but by thirty people i don t think. you know i think. the dream of many jews had come true and they would receive part of palestine this was where the state would come into the jubilation in tel aviv and not only that it had to hold up quite are you all nice we danced the hora young and old everyone ran to the main square bergen belsen it s impossible to