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Illegal Immigration (II)

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1946

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Imperial War Museum collection

At the end of World War II , the Zionist leadership decided to undermine the British regime in Palestine as a prelude to the establishment of a Jewish state. One of its chosen tactics was the sponsorship of illegal mass Jewish immigration into the country over and above the official postwar annual quota. Between 1946 and 1948, tens of thousands of illegal immigrants were transported to Palestine from European ports. This scene was photographed at Haifa in the summer of 1946.

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Illegal Immigration (II)

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