tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post3164366877430354249..comments2024-03-14T02:22:26.957+00:00Comments on Point of No Return: Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Countries: A British airman welcomed in Aden Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-50075542114552540632014-09-22T17:50:28.644+01:002014-09-22T17:50:28.644+01:00i wish all my fellow refugees a most successful sh...i wish all my fellow refugees a most successful shana tova.<br />May you all live long and happy far from torturer<br />sultanaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-90726841922884094792014-09-22T15:42:11.632+01:002014-09-22T15:42:11.632+01:00You are right that it was the British Mandatory im...You are right that it was the British Mandatory immigration policy. No Yemeni Jew was allowed into Palestine if he was over 35 and fit to work. On the other hand, one assumes that the Jewish Agency had some discretion on how certificates were allocated. In 1933, the year the Nazis came to power, some 30,000 Jews were allowed into Palestine from Europe. From Yemen, only 130. bataweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829104245735619972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-86940326198438492762014-09-22T14:39:06.577+01:002014-09-22T14:39:06.577+01:00it would be more correct to write that the UK govt...it would be more correct to write that the UK govt restricted immigration of Jews into Israel up to 1948. Before then Israel was not self-governing and policy was made in London.Eliyahu m'Tsiyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07973268399414290195noreply@blogger.com