The British White Paper of 1939 in 10 Minutes

Podcast: Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time · Adam Diament

Opublikowano: 2026-10-01

Issued by the British government in May 1939, just months before the outbreak of World War II, the White Paper of 1939 dramatically changed the course of Zionist history. Reversing decades of British support for a Jewish national home, it sharply limited Jewish immigration to Palestine at the very moment that European Jews were desperately seeking refuge from Nazi persecution. The policy also restricted Jewish land purchases and envisioned an independent Palestinian state governed jointly by Arabs and Jews within ten years. In this episode, we'll explore why Britain abandoned its earlier commitments under the Balfour Declaration, how the White Paper...