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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.

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.

[[File:White Paper of 1939.jpeg|thumb|White Paper of 1939]]

[[File:White Paper of 1939.jpeg|thumb|White Paper of 1939]]

It is the "infamous 1939 White Paper, which limited Jewish immigration to just 75,000 souls for the next five years. This onerous and draconian policy, coming as it did on the eve of the outbreak of [[World War II]], was a death blow to millions of Jews attempting to flee extermination by Nazi Germany."<ref>Victor Sharpe,  

It is the "infamous 1939 White Paper, which limited Jewish immigration to just 75,000 souls for the next five years. This onerous and draconian policy, coming as it did on the eve of the outbreak of [[World War II]], was a death blow to millions of Jews attempting to flee extermination by Nazi Germany."<ref>Victor Sharpe,  

[https://www.jns.org/the-sordid-100-year-history-of-the-two-state-solution/ The sordid 100-year history of the ‘two-state solution], ''JNS'', Feb 12, 2020</ref>

[https://www.jns.org/the-sordid-100-year-history-of-the-two-state-solution/ The sordid 100-year history of the ‘two-state solution], ''JNS'', Feb 12, 2020</ref>

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.  

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.   

At the May 23, 1939 discussion, [[Winston Churchill]] ended his remarks by saying<ref>[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1939/may/23/palestine PALESTINE. HC Deb 23 May 1939 vol 347 cc2129-972129]</ref>

At the May 23, 1939 discussion, [[Winston Churchill]] ended his remarks by saying<ref>[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1939/may/23/palestine PALESTINE. HC Deb 23 May 1939 vol 347 cc2129-972129]</ref>