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Israel or the ‘Stern Gang’being much smaller)faced the same problem as the MPLA. The Jewish community (Yishuv) formed less than half the population of Palestineand was subject to even greater suspicion on the part of the Arab majority than were the Chinese ‘squatters’ in Malaya. But the Irgun were hard- line Zionists whose object was to create a Jewish statenot a multi-ethnic Palestinian political system. They made no effort to appeal to Arab opinionand indeed were ready to attack Arabs as well as the British administrators of Palestine. Britain exer- cised a League of Nations Mandate on the basis of its commit- ment (in the Balfour Declaration of 1917) to establish a ‘national home for the Jewish people in Palestine’but by the Second World War this had proved an impossible compromise. Arabs believed they would be subjugated by a Jewish state; hard- line Zionists believed that Britain was abandoning them in face of Arab protest. Stillwhen the Irgun’s campaign beganmost of the Yishuv still relied on Britainand disapproved of violence. The Irgun was a small organizationcapable only of intermittent attacks on policemilitaryand government ta christian louboutin shoes on saleyilai: nike high heels nike heels for women louis vuitton outlet http://www.foruminvestorindonesia.com/viewtopic.php?p=223800#223800 |
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