It had so taken root that it was incorporated in the preamble of the mandate under which the British Government was to control Palestine. Operating under that. the Jewish population of Palestine increased from approximately 50.000 in 1917 to more than 600.000 in 1939. It was in 1939 that the British white paper was issued. cutting off all immigration. except that for the succeeding 5 years a total of 75.000 persons might be permitted to go to Palestine. and at the end of that time further immigration would be entirely terminated. The purchase of land for the settlement of Jews was likewise restricted to about 5 percent of the available land in Palestine. At the time when the white paper was issued it was denounced by very great statesmen in the British Parliament.
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