Jews Do Not ‘Occupy’ Their Own Homeland

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38. William Ziff's 1937 Rape of Palestine shows mass immigration during British occupation....

Way to ignore Bobby Kennedy and Winston Churchill, BTW, as if they have zero credibility.

And realize that you're the one here whose favorite historian (Illan Pappe) is an admitted liar and revisionist.

https://www.amazon.com/Rape-Palestine-William-B-Ziff/dp/1578988802

Rape of Palestine, 1937. Ziff.

The book, originally written in 1937, gives strong support to the point that the Arab population of Palestine tripled during the British stewardship and that most of the 1948 refugees were recent immigrants themselves.

Ziff's thesis is that the British sought to strangle the 'Jewish national Home' under the weight of British regulations and Arab terrorism. Ziff supports the thesis well.

The thrust of Ziff's book is on British policy in Palestine during the mandate period, but what is especially interesting today are his comments on the migration of Arabs and the squelching of Jewish immigration by the British. ...

"Ziff elaborates on Jewish efforts, both from within and from abroad, to create more jobs for those Jews emigrating to Palestine as well as those already living there. These efforts spurred significant economic growth and consequently accomplished the goal of providing employment. However, British policy resulted in a stream into Palestine of illegal Arab immigrants who filled these jobs in lieu of the barred Jews. (All of the above-mentioned modern authors also address the influx of Arabs lured by the booming economy.)....

UNRWA's definition of Palestinian refugees only backs up Ziff's book:

Anyone whose normal place of residence was in Mandate Palestine during the period from
1 June 1946 to 15 May 1948 and who lost both home and means of livelihood as a result of the
1948 Arab-Israeli war qualifies as a Palestine refugee, as defined by UNRWA, and is eligible for
UNRWA registration

To be considered Palestinian, one only had to live there for less than 2 years. That was due to mass immigration.