DBWI The white paper goes through

After the arab revolt of 36 there was a motion in the british house of commons to appease the arabs of the palastinian mandate. This idea ended when small group of arab terrorists murdered Lord Halafax in and his entire family in a church in the holy land in 37. This massacer so enraged the british public and government that they crushed the rebellion, and to punish the arabs they lifted any and all restrictions on jewish emmigration for the next 20 years.

The affect of this decision are still felt to this day.

But what if lord Halafax had not been murdered? What if the british had appeased the arabs and put the white papers into practice?
 
The death toll in the Holocaust would be far higher for sure. IOTL, roughly 2 million Jews died at the Nazi's hands.

On the flipside, the West might have a better relationship with the Arab world.
 
The death toll in the Holocaust would be far higher for sure. IOTL, roughly 2 million Jews died at the Nazi's hands.

On the flipside, the West might have a better relationship with the Arab world.

Maybe not... I mean.. The Zionist movement had been growing stronger even before the Holocaust. I think the Jews would've moved in to Israel, even without the white papers and the Holocaust.
 
Maybe not... I mean.. The Zionist movement had been growing stronger even before the Holocaust. I think the Jews would've moved in to Israel, even without the white papers and the Holocaust.

It did provide a critical safety valve for the Jews fleeing Europe. They were turned away nearly everywhere else. Without the British allowing them to settle the Levant, the Holocaust would have likely claimed a few million more victims. As if the OTL Holocaust wasn't bad enough :(

How might this effect the development and growth - in terms of population and territory I suppose - of modern Israel?
 
You know, some people believe that Lord Halifax was actually murdered by the Jews, who then pinned it on the Arabs. Of course, the people who believe this see Jewish conspiracies behind everything.
 
You know, some people believe that Lord Halifax was actually murdered by the Jews, who then pinned it on the Arabs. Of course, the people who believe this see Jewish conspiracies behind everything.

I find that hard to belive considering that the terrorists behind it openly bragged about doing it.

Going off that topic I doubt there would be an Israel today with out the 4 million jews who immagrated to Israel. Israel would also have a lot less people and probally be much smaller.
 
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