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  "Armies in the Near East - A Possible Locale for Act II in the War".

  "Armies in the Near East - A Possible Locale for Act II in the War".

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...Troubled Palestine.

...Troubled Palestine.

• British - Mandated Palestine and Transjordan, likewise former parts of the Ottoman Empire, are contrasts. Transjordan gives the British so little trouble that its 34,740 square desert miles are policed by less than 1,600 men.  

• British - Mandated Palestine and Transjordan, likewise former parts of the Ottoman Empire, are contrasts. Transjordan gives the British so little trouble that its 34,740 square desert miles are policed by less than 1,600 men.  

Eichmann thought that he alone would be able to harass the "Haavara" if his superiors understood that the boycott of German products concealed that German Jews were not wanted in Israel.  It is therefore justified to stop their migration and confiscate their property.

Eichmann thought that he alone would be able to harass the "Haavara" if his superiors understood that the boycott of German products concealed that German Jews were not wanted in Israel.  It is therefore justified to stop their migration and confiscate their property.

To advance the cause, in 1937 he fabricated a false report for them, as if he had seen in Israel with his own eyes "an economic chaos in which the Jews are [supposedly] cheating..."</font></blockquote></ref><ref>[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/hzh/1966/12/26/01/article/41 ha-Tsofeh, 26 December 1966].<blockquote><font size=1>Obviously, says Polkes, I was just an ordinary man, who stumbled upon this delicate and complicated affair... Mr. Polkes ponders in the past and mutters to himself: Now, as I review my activities, I see that my trip to Berlin in those days, to discuss the immigration of 50,000 Jews, was an entrance to the lion's mouth.  I did not receive and could not receive in those days, no guarantee for my personal safety.  Just promised to take care of my family in case of any trouble.  Today it seems to me that I might not have done so, but in those days I was also prepared for such operations, hoping to save Jews, who did not take care of rescuing themselves, because they did not seriously believe the intentions of the oppressor.</font></blockquote></ref><ref>[https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/mar/1966/12/21/01/article/42 Maariv, December 21, 1966].<br><i>Response of the former Haganah man to the article in Der Spiegel: I paid 20 NIS to a British policeman to deport Eichmann from Haifa.</i></ref> controversially, were involved in ad hoc ''Haavara''<ref>Y Weiss, "[https://www.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%203231.pdf The Transfer Agreement and the Boycott Movement: A Jewish Dilemma on the eve of the Holocaust]," YadVashem</ref> transfer to save Jews, whom Nazi Germany did not want to have at all,<ref name=guardian1may2016>Peter Beaumont, "[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/30/livingstone-muddies-history-to-support-hitler-and-zionism-claims Ken Livingstone muddies history to support claims on Hitler and Zionism] ''The Guardian,'' May 1, 2016.<br><i>

To advance the cause, in 1937 he fabricated a false report for them, as if he had seen in Israel with his own eyes "an economic chaos in which the Jews are [supposedly] cheating..."</small></blockquote></ref><ref>[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/hzh/1966/12/26/01/article/41 ha-Tsofeh, 26 December 1966].<blockquote><font size=1>Obviously, says Polkes, I was just an ordinary man, who stumbled upon this delicate and complicated affair... Mr. Polkes ponders in the past and mutters to himself: Now, as I review my activities, I see that my trip to Berlin in those days, to discuss the immigration of 50,000 Jews, was an entrance to the lion's mouth.  I did not receive and could not receive in those days, no guarantee for my personal safety.  Just promised to take care of my family in case of any trouble.  Today it seems to me that I might not have done so, but in those days I was also prepared for such operations, hoping to save Jews, who did not take care of rescuing themselves, because they did not seriously believe the intentions of the oppressor.</font></blockquote></ref><ref>[https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/mar/1966/12/21/01/article/42 Maariv, December 21, 1966].<br><i>Response of the former Haganah man to the article in Der Spiegel: I paid 20 NIS to a British policeman to deport Eichmann from Haifa.</i></ref> controversially, were involved in ad hoc ''Haavara''<ref>Y Weiss, "[https://www.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%203231.pdf The Transfer Agreement and the Boycott Movement: A Jewish Dilemma on the eve of the Holocaust]," YadVashem</ref> transfer to save Jews, whom Nazi Germany did not want to have at all,<ref name=guardian1may2016>Peter Beaumont, "[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/30/livingstone-muddies-history-to-support-hitler-and-zionism-claims Ken Livingstone muddies history to support claims on Hitler and Zionism] ''The Guardian,'' May 1, 2016.<br><i>

Former London mayor confuses agency with intention, with fatal consequences for his garbled argument.</i>

Former London mayor confuses agency with intention, with fatal consequences for his garbled argument.</i>

<blockquote>The interest of some in the Zionist movement was to flee the rampant and increasingly dangerous antisemitism of the National Socialists, but the German interest in the Haavara agreement was both fear that the Jewish boycott of Germany might have wider economic effects - ultimately a misplaced anxiety - and a desire to push German Jews to flee.

<blockquote>The interest of some in the Zionist movement was to flee the rampant and increasingly dangerous antisemitism of the National Socialists, but the German interest in the Haavara agreement was both fear that the Jewish boycott of Germany might have wider economic effects - ultimately a misplaced anxiety - and a desire to push German Jews to flee.

* That the pro-Nazi Mufti represented the consensus of Palestine Arabs and had major backing of parties there. Per <font size=1>(anti-Israel author)</font> Said's concession.<ref name=es1983/><ref name=ad-hp-2007/><ref name=jp-16mar2015/><ref name=md-news1-2015/>

* That the pro-Nazi Mufti represented the consensus of Palestine Arabs and had major backing of parties there. Per <font size=1>(anti-Israel author)</font> Said's concession.<ref name=es1983/><ref name=ad-hp-2007/><ref name=jp-16mar2015/><ref name=md-news1-2015/>

And ''Time Magazine'' in 1946:

And ''Time Magazine'' in 1946:

'The 53-year-old Mufti... is revered as a spiritual leader by Palestine's Arabs.'</ref name=time-24june1946>

'The 53-year-old Mufti... is revered as a spiritual leader by Palestine's Arabs.'<ref name=time-24june1946/>