Great Briton worked against Jewish nation

[puttincomputers]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20 ... ugee-ships

The British government used bombs and covert tactics to try to thwart the settlement of Palestine by post-World War II Jewish refugees, according to a new book by Keith Jeffery, titled "MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949." The British government has independently verified Jeffery's revelation. Jeffery, a historian from Northern Ireland, notes that his book was "published with the permission of the Secret Intelligence Service and the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office."

According to Jeffery, the British undertook the effort -- dubbed, oddly enough, Operation Embarrass -- in order to curry favor with oil-rich Arab states upset over the Jewish migration to the Middle East. The Daily Beast's Andrew Roberts broke the news of the book's disclosures.

MI6, Britain's secret intelligence service, planted explosives to disable ships before they could transport Jewish men, women and children from Europe to Palestine. Britain controlled Palestine at the time and, partly due to pressure from wartime Arab allies, adopted a policy of strictly limiting Jewish migration to British-controlled lands in the region. In May 1948, the British left and Israel declared independence.

In addition to the direct physical sabotage, Roberts notes, the British launched a disinformation and propaganda campaign to impede the settlement.

thought some of yal might be interested in this.

also at http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailybeast/2010 ... safterwwii

[shadowgrin]

Shocking!
Not really.

[Lamrock]

Briton?

[shadowgrin]

Great Briton

[J@3]

And they'll work against you too until you spell the name of their empire properly.

[benji]

You guys should be aware that his spelling error (as is common with our friend putton) is not completely absurd. The original people on the islands, post-Celtic era, before the Anglo-Saxon invasion were the Britons, we know now them as the WELSH.

And in an amusing relation to this thread, it was also an anti-Semetic group between the wars: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Britons

[/HISTORIANDOWNERFAGGOT]

Further regarding the content of the thread, colonial power seeks to continue influence and benefits of colonization while "freeing" them. Nothing new. The only interesting thing is how fast the British lost their empire and became basically irrelevant to the point they're just operating with the U.S. as they operated with their Commonwealth for decades. They actually had to wage a war to maintain the Falklands from a non-threat. THE FALKLANDS! The French aren't pussies about this. They have no silly notions that their former colonies are still not theirs nor that International Law should matter.