Monday, May 5, 2008
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
A7: Documents Reveal Historic Debate over Jewish Refugees - 'A series of documents in the British National Archives released to the public on Monday reveals the fierce debate over the tattered remnants of European Jewry who desperately tried to reach Israel during the British Mandate. The document, more than 400 pages long, showed how British diplomats around the world warned that the British Empire would face a public relations nightmare as a result of its decision to pander to Arab sensibilities...'
