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The '''White Paper of 1939''' (also known as ''MacDonald White Paper'') or by its official name "Palestine, a Policy Statement", is a policy document presented to the British Parliament by Colonies Minister [[Malcolm MacDonald]] in May 1939, issued to severely limit the immigration of the Jews and significantly limit the purchase of land  Arab owned, in the hands of [[Jews]].

The '''White Paper of 1939''' (also known as ''MacDonald White Paper'') or by its official name "Palestine, a Policy Statement", is a policy document was a policy paper issued by the British government, led by [[Neville Chamberlain]], in response to the 1936–1939 [[Arab]] [[terrorism|terror]] campaign.

 

It was presented, by Colonies Minister [[Malcolm MacDonald]] in May 1939, issued to severely limit the immigration of the [[Jews]] and significantly limit the purchase of land  Arab owned, in the hands of Jews.

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It came after a bloody Arab terror campaign, especially 1936-9, whereby various groups, more predominantly of genocidal [[Grand Mufti of Jerusalem]] al-Husseini, his gangs, waging a jihad against: (1) British police, (2) moderate Arabs and (3) [[Racism|racist]]-[[Arab]] attacks against any Jews.  

It came after a bloody Arab terror campaign 1936-9, whereby various groups, more predominantly of genocidal [[Grand Mufti of Jerusalem]] al-Husseini, his gangs, waging a jihad against: (1) British police, (2) moderate Arabs and (3) [[Racism|racist]]-[[Arab]] attacks against any Jews.  

The British government decided the Peel Commission’s partition plan was no longer feasible and determined that a unitary state should be created in Palestine with  a limit to Jewish immigration and land acquisition. The Jewish Agency for Palestine issued a scathing response to the White Paper, saying the British were denying the Jewish people their rights in the “darkest hour of Jewish history.”<ref>[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/british-white-paper-of-1939 British White Papers: White Paper of 1939. (May 23, 1939)] ''JVL''.</ref>

The British government, decided the Peel Commission’s partition plan was no longer feasible and determined that a unitary state should be created in Palestine with  a limit to Jewish immigration and land acquisition. The Jewish Agency for Palestine issued a scathing response to the White Paper, saying the British were denying the Jewish people their rights in the “darkest hour of Jewish history.”<ref>[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/british-white-paper-of-1939 British White Papers: White Paper of 1939. (May 23, 1939)] ''JVL''.</ref>

The document was published on May 17, 1939 and approved by the House of Representatives on May 23 of the same year, with a majority of 281 against 181.[3]  The document was received with fury by the Jewish community in Israel who saw it as a betrayal of the British and a violation of their commitments as expressed in the Balfour Declaration. The document received the derogatory nicknames Sefer HaMa'al - The 'Fraud Paper' or the Black Book.   

The document was published on May 17, 1939 and approved by the House of Representatives on May 23 of the same year, with a majority of 281 against 181.[3]  The document was received with fury by the Jewish community in Israel who saw it as a betrayal of the British and a violation of their commitments as expressed in the Balfour Declaration. The document received the derogatory nicknames Sefer HaMa'al - The 'Fraud Paper' or the Black Book.