Britain is required under the League of Nations Mandate to encourage a Jewish National Home.
It does the opposite.
In the 1930s, it issues a series of reports recommending limits on Jewish immigration to Palestine and restricting the sale of land to Jews.
As war with Nazi Germany looms, Britain appeases the Arabs. In 1939, it issues the May White Paper, whose purpose is to end any hopes for the establishment of a Jewish State.
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