How did the Jews get into Palestine anyway?

Most Jews in Palestine today are families of immigrants. The Zionist ideology was created in the 1800s. As more and more Jews entered Palestine, they took up the jobs and natural resources which previously belonged to Palestinians. Once Jews became owners of land, they refused to hire Palestinian laborers and only more Jews could work the land and live in the kibbutzes (Jewish settlements). This is a principle of Zionism.

The Palestinian economy began to suffer so much that Jewish immigration into Palestine was restricted by the British Mandate in the 1900s. These restrictions were not effective though, because the Jews wanted more people to enter Palestine at a quicker pace. There was never a plan to end Jewish immigration, only keep it at a rate that the economy could support, which would be beneficial for all. The Jews disobeyed. There was rampant illegal immigration of Jews into Palestine.

This was recognized internationally. Some countries, like France, chose to turn a blind eye but there were countries which attempted to minimize illegal Jewish immigration either by government monitoring in their own country or by declining to be involved with countries which did not attempt to minimize the illegal Jewish immigration. The following are some of the countries which stood for what was right:

• Venezuela


• South Africa


• New Zealand


• Honduras


• Greece


• Belgium


• Australia


• + more

To the representatives of each of the countries which attempted to minimize the illegal immigration, you are applauded. Now, how do you act with Israel today as it violates scores of international laws?

To the representatives of each of the countries that chose to do nothing before, do you feel any guilt or see the blood of the Palestinian people on your hands? What can you do today to boycott, divest from, or sanction Israel until it abides by law?

The Zionists want to turn Palestine into their homeland and ask every Jew to move there. A country of that size could never support every Jew in the world. The truth had been stated when it was said in the mid 1900s that the solution for Palestine is not a solution for the Jewish problem.

Zionism and Israel are two separate groups: Most Israelis (the most recent polls show upward of 70%) are secular. So when you hear that the Palestine-Israel conflict is religious, know that it is not. It is about politics and power for Israel.