Weizmann believed that colonization man by man. farmstead by farmstead until sovereignty could be accomplished would be the best approach. His position won out and led to the modern i Israel whose anniversary we now celebrate. Under him. operating under the Palestine mandate. selective immigration was made of pioneers qualified to establish farm settlements and a Jewish working class. the gradual investment of capital in productive enterprises began. and an organic growth took place of Jewish economic. political. social. and cultural industries. All this was done in the face of combined British and Arab opposition. The Arabs refused to recognize the benefits they gained as a result of Jewish progress and pressured the British Government into curtailing Jewish immigration and restricting the area of the country in which the Jews were allowed to purchase land. In the 1920s and 1930s only Palestine. in all the world. was open for the Jewish refugees in the Hitler era. Nevertheless. when World War II broke out. the Yishuv stood solidly behind the Allied cause. Members of the Hagana. the Jewish defense organization. joined the British Army and fought with valor in the Middle East and North Africa.
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