Palestine did not play the part it could and should have played. Since the beginning. the British administration In Palestine acted on the theory that Jewish development in Palestine "ought to be curtailed. and that British interests would be better served were Palestine to become one of a group of Arab states which would be nominally independent. but in fact under British control. For several years this policy of restrictions was purported to b- justified on economic grounds. but when it appeared clearly that the greater the volume of Jewish immigration. the more prosperity was enjoyed by the entire country. Arabs included. this explanation was dropped. and the restrictions were openly acknowledged to be governed by a political consideration. namely. by the desire to avoid a Jewish majority in Palestine. The prevailing explanation for this policy is the need to placate the Moslems. and especially the Arabs.
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