34 Friday, August 5, 1983
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Arab Immigration Into Jewish Palestine Documented
By CARL ALPERT
into the past, for example,
reminded us how the
British government in 1922
divided Palestine into two
parts, the larger of which by
far was renamed Transjor-
dan. Hussein's Kingdom of
Jordan, therefore, is Arab
Palestine, the homeland
which the Arabs are
entitled to.
But today we look at an-
other aspect of the problem
— what happened to the
Jewish side of the country,
the remaining 25 percent in
which the British Mandate
promised the creation of a
Jewish Homeland? A delib-
erately distorted picture
has been created of Jewish
immigrants crowding into
the mall area. and nushin'
out the settled Arab popula-
tion.
It is true that there was
Jewish immigration into
western Palestine, but
nowadays who takes note of
the fact that during that
same period there was also a
very large Arab immigra-
tion into Jewish Palestine
from all the surrounding
countries. Indeed, the eco-
nomic progress fostered by
Jewish industriousness
created conditions which
drew large numbers of
Arabs from Transjordan,
Syria, Lebanon and Iraq.
Far from ousting the
Arabs from the country,
the Jews, by their
presence, served as an
economic magnet which
attracted unemployed or tion was not only going on development, employment
homeless Arabs from the from, the Sinai, but also and prosperity:
other lands, where condi- from Transjordan and
And what is today called
tions were in some cases Syria, and it is very difficult the Arab refugee problem
desperate.
to make a case out for the may be seen instead as an
The records of the British misery of the Arabs, if at the historical reversion of an il-
government and of the same time their compatriots legal immigration move-
Mandatory government are from adjoining states could ment.
According to Islamic be-
filled with reports of the in- not be kept from going in to
lief, Mohammed one night
flitration of Arabs from share that misery."
rode an enchanted steed
Transjordan, across an open
While Jewish Palestine
from Mecca to Jerusalem
border. In 1930, Sir John was attracting Arab im-
and then through the
Hope Simpson urged that migration, the neighbor-
heavens under the guidance
Restaurant
the entry of such immig- ing countries showed a
of the angel Gabriel. He
(Formerly Spiro's)
rants should be more reverse trend. A report
then returned to the place
25920 GREENFIELD at thole
strictly controlled.
published in Beirut in
where he tethered his horse
Oak
Park
968-4060
The
Annual
Report
of
1936 stated that between
and rode back through the
OPEN MON.-SAT. 1
Britain's
Department
of
1923
and
1931
Syria
and
skies to Mecca. The Arabs
6 a.m. thru 9 p.m.
Immigration in 1935 noted Lebanon showed a gross
believe that Mohammed
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that Arabs from Syria and emigration of 97,892 per-
tethered his horse at
Met-Sat. 6-11 a.m.
Lebanon enjoyed the "right sons.
Harem-esh-Sharif, near the
of freedom of unrestricted
• LUNCH SPECIALS
Western Wall.
A final summary by Fred
passage across the frontier." M. Gottheil in "The Palesti-
• DINNER SPECIALS
The Journal of the Royal nians" notes that between
Regvlar Mena and
Central Asian Society re-
1922 and 1931 Arab immi-
GOURMET
COUNTERSIDE
ported that in the eight- gration accounted for 38.7
SPECIALS
month period, April- percent of the total increase
(Steak Diane, Caesar Salad,
November 1934, over of Arab settled population
20,000 Arabs from the Sy- in those areas which later
Veal Dishes, etc., etc., etc.)
rian Hauran region entered became the state of Israel.
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Palestine. It is stated that
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about 30 percent returned; despite the fact that the
nothing is said about the Arabs were given 75 per-
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remaining 70 percent.
cent of Palestine's land area
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Most Jews who entered as a homeland of their own,
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the country in the 1930s they persisted in immigrat-
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came
by sea. Those who ing into the Jewish 25 per-
HOURS: MON.-SAT. 11 a.m. to 2 a.m., SUN. 11 a.m. to 12 mid.
were "illegals" were ap- cent; drawn by economic
Kitchen open tiL12 mid. Sun.-Thurs. til 1 a.m. Fri, & Sat.
GLASS OF HOUSE WINE
prehended and deported.
WITH ALL COMPLETE DINNERS
The Arabs slipped across
the border by night, and by
FROM 4 p.m.
far the larger number were
7 DAYS A WEEK
never seen by the
authorities. Still, the an-
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nual report of the govern-
ment in 1935 recorded that
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Thru Aug. 31, 19831
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in that year 293 Jews were
NORTHWESTERN AT EVERGREEN
deported for immigration
NOW AVAILABLE FOR
offenses, and 2,152 non-
PRIVATE PARTIES
Jews for the same reason.
OUTSIDE CATERING
The
volume
of
Arab
infiltra-
SATURDAYS TIL 6 p.m.
10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. $395 Children
AVAILABLE
tion may be gauged from the
Adults
under 10 FOR ALL OCCASIONS
SUNDAYS TIL 2 a.m.
number apprehended.
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