The Zionist movement & the State of Israel have a long history of condemning Jews to death on the altar of Zionism
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- 1918-1922: 50,000 to 100,000 Jews were murdered or wounded in pogroms in Ukraine; 120,000 children were orphaned. Many wanted to migrate to Palestine. In 1919, Chaim Weizmann rejected therm all since they were “not suitable” for the “great Zionist plan” b/c they were “weak in body and soul” & “broken vessels,” not builders of the nation. “Even 1% that’s bad will spoil a great many good people.” The eugenist history of the Zionist movement
- 1918-1922: 50,000 to 100,000 Jews were murdered or wounded in pogroms in Ukraine; 120,000 children were orphaned. Many wanted to migrate to Palestine. In 1919, Chaim Weizmann rejected therm all since they were “not suitable” for the “great Zionist plan” b/c they were “weak in body and soul” & “broken vessels,” not builders of the nation. “Even 1% that’s bad will spoil a great many good people.” The eugenist history of the Zionist movement
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- 1918-1923: In Urmia, Iran, Jews faced anti-Jewish violence & famine, forcing many thousands to flee Iran seeking refuge in Palestine. They appealed throughout 1921 & 1922 to the Zionist office in Jaffa. But they were refugees, not pioneers, so the Zionist movement rejected them outright. The eugenist history of the Zionist movement
- 1918-1923: In Urmia, Iran, Jews faced anti-Jewish violence & famine, forcing many thousands to flee Iran seeking refuge in Palestine. They appealed throughout 1921 & 1922 to the Zionist office in Jaffa. But they were refugees, not pioneers, so the Zionist movement rejected them outright. The eugenist history of the Zionist movement
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- 1920s: Zionist authorities in Palestine deported undesirable Jews out of Palestine, back to Europe, including Jews w/ epilepsy, heart disease & syphilis, where they “died in the streets from illness” Land of Refuge: Immigration to Palestine, 1919-1927
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- To push them out, Jews were stripped of benefits & support provided by the Zionist institutions, including medical services. Hundreds were deported in this fashion, with the rejects sent to either Austria or even Germany, a practice that continued until 1936 long after the rise of Hitler. Zionism’s Dark Secret: The Tale of the Jews Who Left Pre-state Israel During the British Mandate | Meir Margalit studied Jewish emigration from Palestine during the British Mandate. It had numerous causes – economic distress, the precarious security situation and even the Zionist movement’s cruelty toward the sick and the old — but its effect on the Zionist project at the time was minimal
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- 1920s-1930s: Zionist immigration policy continued to be highly selective throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Immigrants were screened for health, skills, capital, & ideological fitness. Sick & diseased Jews were rejected. Orphans, widows, rape victims, famine survivors, bankrupted Jews were “wounded in body or spirit” & therefore rejected. The eugenist history of the Zionist movement
- 1920s-1930s: Zionist immigration policy continued to be highly selective throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Immigrants were screened for health, skills, capital, & ideological fitness. Sick & diseased Jews were rejected. Orphans, widows, rape victims, famine survivors, bankrupted Jews were “wounded in body or spirit” & therefore rejected. The eugenist history of the Zionist movement
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- Between 1933-1939, those 6 fateful years between Hitler’s rise to power & his invasion of Poland, about two-thirds of German Jewish applicants were rejected by the Zionist office in Palestine. They were too low quality “human material. Zionism During the Holocaust: The Weaponisation of Memory in the Service of State and Nation
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- In 1940, US President Roosevelt planned on admitting 150,000 refugees to the US & Britain agreed to do the same. However, Zionist leaders strongly opposed this plan, calling it “treason.” As a result, Roosevelt informed Britain that they had to abandon the project, stating “we cannot put it over because the dominant Jewish leadership won’t stand for it.” What Price Israel?
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- After World War II, 250,000 liberated Jews found themselves in Displaced Person (DP) camps in Germany, Austria and Italy. They were refugees who survived the war in the Soviet Union & former inmates of the Nazi concentration camps, also known as holocaust survivors. The Zionist leadership in Palestine prevented their rescue to destinations other than Palestine, despite their abysmal living conditions, despite offers of resettlement and despite the desire of many to go. To Zionists, it was Palestine, or nothing. The Zionists sought to prolong the suffering of Jewish Holocaust survivors
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- Many tens of thousands of European Jews who found refuge in Palestine before or during World War II sought to return home after the war. The Zionist leadership in Palestine, & then the State of Israel worked w/foreign consular offices to prevent their return — their bodies were needed as demographic hostages. The Zionists sought to prolong the suffering of Jewish Holocaust survivors
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- Zionist operatives planted bombs at Jewish targets between April 1950 and June 1951 in order to scare Iraqi Jews to leave for Israel. Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew
Written By Zachary Foster @_ZachFoster | Original Tweet
Historian of Palestine | PhD | Founder of Palestine Nexus
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