Britain's naval and political reaction to the illegal immigration of Jews to Palestine, 1945-1948 /

This book provides an important shift in the analysis of Britain's policy towards the illegal postwar Jewish immigration into Palestine. It charts the development of Britain's response to Zionist immigration, from the initial sympathy, as embodied in the Balfour Declaration, through attemp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Liebreich, Fritz, 1927-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
Temas:
Zionism > Government policy > Great Britain.
Immigrants > Palestine.
Jews > Palestine.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Emigration and immigration > Government policy
Immigrants
Diplomatic relations
Jews
Zionism > Government policy
Great Britain > Foreign relations > Palestine.
Palestine > Emigration and immigration > Government policy > Great Britain.
Palestine > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations extérieures > Palestine.
Great Britain
Middle East > Palestine
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The determinants of British policy towards Jewish immigration into Palestine, from the Balfour Declaration via the Royal Commissions to the 1939 White book and to the final abandonment of the 'national home' commitment
  • 3. The British preoccupation with the perceived danger of communist infiltration and subversion
  • 4. Britain's fight against the sources of illegal immigration beyond the borders of Palestine and her confrontation with the financial, logistic and moral supporters in Europe and North America
  • 5. The legal issues involved
  • 6. Detention in Palestine
  • the deportation of illegal Jewish immigrants to Cyprus and their detention/ imprisonment : the legal base constructed by Britain
  • 7. The rules of engagement adopted by the adversaries
  • 8. The British forces engaged in anti-immigration patrols and the confronting Jewish adversaries
  • 9. The physical confrontation : interception and diversion policies in theory and practice
  • 10. Refoulement and abandonment of the boarding policy
  • 11. Conclusion : conduct and effects of the British policy and the final failure of the blockade
  • appendix 1. List of RN and PP vessels engaged in the 'Palestine Patrol'
  • appendix 2. List of deportation and prison ships
  • appendix 3. Details of Jewish illegal ships which landed immigrants on the Palestinian coast or were intercepted by British Armed Forces or Palestine Police
  • appendix 4. Crew members of HM ships interviewed by the author
  • appendix 5. Crew members of IJI ships interviewed by the author
  • appendix 6. Biographical glossary.

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