The Jews were not given Palestine. but by the Balfour declaration were accorded the right to build a national home in Palestine. They were not given land. but had to buy it. and then to redeem it from desolation by their own blood. sweat and tears. Their efforts raised the Arab standard of living in Palestine to the highest in the entire Arab world. (2) During the Hitler period. a visa to Palestine was the difference between life and death. Arab hostility went to every length to keep the doors closed. Innumerable Jews perished because they could not enter the land promised them as a haven and a home.