Exodus
Posted on 07/21/2009 7:31:02 AM PDT by Shellybenoit
Sixty-two years ago this week,the Exodus, then called the USS President Warfield had its name changed for the last time as it embarked on what would be its last and most famous mission, bringing Holocaust survivors to the Holy Land. Back then the British were trying to curry favor with the Arab nations by preventing Jews from settling the holy land, today it is the President of the United States doing the same thing.
As the world ramped up to WWII the British caved into Arab pressure and refused to allow any Jews to enter what was then called Palestine. Many of those trying to get in to Palestine were trying to escape the Holocaust, after the war, the British were stopping Holocaust Survivors from entering the holy land.
The Exodus voyage was an attempt to smuggle some of these Jews into the country, but they were noticed by the British as they approached Haifa. Upon the ship's arrival in Haifa on July 18 the passengers were transferred to three more seaworthy ships. These ships, and the President Warfield, left Haifa harbour on July 19th for Port-de-Bouc. Realizing that they were not bound for Cyprus, the emigrants conducted a 24-hour hunger strike, refusing to cooperate with the British authorities.
The ship's ordeals were widely covered by international media, and caused the British government much public embarrassment, especially after the refugees were forced to disembark in Germany which had just finished killing 6 million Jews. It is said that the events convinced the US government that the British mandate of Palestine was incapable of handling the Jewish refugees problem, and that a United Nations-brokered solution needs to be found...
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Exodus
“As the world ramped up to WWII the British caved into Arab pressure and refused to allow any Jews to enter what was then called Palestine. Many of those trying to get in to Palestine were trying to escape the Holocaust, after the war, the British were stopping Holocaust Survivors from entering the holy land.”
They didn’t “cave.” Anyone who says they did is masking over the rampant British antisemitism that was present then as it is now.
Obama never studied much History. He was busy studying Communism under Frank Davis, his Daddy. He may have picked up a litt Indo-nesian history under his mother.
Shameful how the world kowtows to the Arabs and hates the Jews. Absolutely shameful.
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