To: Lane3 who wrote (12463 ) 5/8/2002 11:58:53 AM From: Neocon Read Replies (2) | Respond to Even the United States turned away Jewish refugees in the '30s. The main impetus to increasing Jewish immigration into Palestine was fleeing the Nazis, or seeking somewhere to live as a displaced person after the war. For the most part, the immigration was legal under international standards, and whatever the occasional irregularities, they are surely forgivable under the circumstances. Sure, the Jews could have all lined up for the cattle cars, or waited many more years for resettlement, but the Zionists offered something better. Meanwhile, the Arabs largely admired the Nazis, and decided that a non- Arab state was intolerable in "Arab lands". Their hostility made a binational solution impossible, and the war that ensued upon independence (which had UN sanction) made an orderly disposition of claims impossible. Did some Israelis behave badly? Probably. But it was the Arab League that vowed to drive the Jews into the sea first, and resisted UN mediation.
