after WW2

Question 1

what impact did ww2 have on British policy?

Answer 1

• British announced there would be no change in policy including no major increase in immigration + no Jewish state

Question 2

what impact did ww2 have on Zionist policies + attitudes?

Answer 2

• they decided on a policy of opposition against the British
• they were tougher now ( had supported Britain against Germany + many fought in British armed forces)

Question 3

how did support for Zionism grow in the USA during ww2?

Answer 3

• USA could put enough pressure on Britain to agree to a Jewish state + leave Palestine
• April 1946, Truman called on British Gov to allow immediate entry of 100,000 Jewish refugees to Palestine

Question 4

what actions did the British take against Jewish immigration immediately after the war?

Answer 4

stopped boatloads of illegal Jewish immigrants from landing in Palestine as they were worried about angering the Arabs

Question 5

what was the attitude of the Palestinian Arabs after ww2?

Answer 5

-continued to oppose idea of a Jewish state in Palestine

Question 6

what actions did Zionist groups (Haganah, Irgun + Stern gang) take against British targets?

Answer 6

• April 1946, 6 British soldiers were murdered in one incident
• July 1946: attacked King David Hotel in Jerusalem which housed British military HQ, killed 88 people including 15 Jews

Question 7

significance of the ship called the ‘Exodus’

Answer 7

-it was carrying 4500 European refugees + British prevented it landing in Palestine and sent it back to Europe
- created widespread publicity, sympathy for Jews and world wide criticism for the British

Question 8

why did Britain withdraw from Palestine and hand it over to the UN?

Answer 8

• ‘the exodus’
• hanging of 2 British soldiers in revenge for execution of 3 Irgun members
• exhausted after war
• international pressure