In the years leading up to World War II, the Revisionists take the lead in illegal immigration in order to break through the British blockade and escape Europe.
The Labor Zionists will join this effort when it becomes clear that the British intend to scuttle the Jewish National Home.
With the end of the war, the Zionist leadership will employ illegal immigration as its chief tool against the British in its drive toward an independent Jewish state.
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