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Real Story Behind The Ship Carrying Jewish Refugees To Palestine In 1947 by DropsMic(m): 5:56pm On May 16, 2021
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On July 18, 1947 a rickety old river steamer from the United States chugged toward the port of Haifa. Although it was designed to hold 400 people, no fewer than 4,500 concentration camp survivors were crammed together in the most unsightly and unsanitary manner imaginable. Renaming their ship the Exodus 1947, they had departed France a few days before. As it neared Haifa, a British armada of six destroyers and one cruiser bore down on the Exodus.

The British captain hailed the refugee ship: “I must warn you that illegal entry of you passengers into Palestine will not be allowed; and your ship will be arrested if you try to do so. We do not want to hurt anyone, but if you resist force will be used…I repeat force will be used if our sailors are attacked. Your leaders and all sensible passengers must stop the hot heads from futile resistance.”


On the deck of this boat, the Exodus, are more than 4,000 people, men, women, and children, whose only crime is that they were born Jews,” the refugees defiantly retorted. “We have nothing against your sailors and officers, but unfortunately they have been chosen to implement a policy to which we shall never acquiesce, for we shall never recognize a law forbidding Jews to enter their country. We are not interested in the shedding of blood, but you must understand that we shall not go to any concentration camp of our own free will, even if it happens to be a British one.”

The battle lines were drawn. The Jews would not surrender; the British would not allow them entry into Palestine. The British captain gave the orders. The armada machine-gunned the Exodus. Still the ship would not surrender. Two destroyers rammed the fragile ship from opposite sides, smashing into its upper deck. When this too failed to deter the refugee steamer, British sailors stormed the ship.

The boarding party fanned out on the old tub and clubbed the captain to death, killed two others, and wounded many more. Still, the ship refused to surrender. Only when the continued ramming of the ship threatened to sink it did the Exodus give finally give in after three hours of fighting. Riddled with holes and listing badly, the ship was towed into Haifa harbor. At the dock, a crowd of several thousand Jews looked on and cheered their brethren while the passengers sang Hatikvah.

His majesty’s government wanted to make an example to discourage further immigration attempts. They placed the refugees on prison ships and sent them back to their port of origin in France.

Source:
https://israelforever.org/interact/blog/battle_lines_drawn_the_jews_would_not_surrender/

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Re: Real Story Behind The Ship Carrying Jewish Refugees To Palestine In 1947 by SLAP44: 5:58pm On May 16, 2021
And the Palestine people lied that they accepted them with open arms into their country?

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Re: Real Story Behind The Ship Carrying Jewish Refugees To Palestine In 1947 by DropsMic(m): 6:01pm On May 16, 2021
Re: Real Story Behind The Ship Carrying Jewish Refugees To Palestine In 1947 by heniford2: 6:02pm On May 16, 2021
Bloody night of pain never give up was there motor crazy as it sound the saw death the embraced it ready to die just for freedom

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Re: Real Story Behind The Ship Carrying Jewish Refugees To Palestine In 1947 by DropsMic(m): 6:04pm On May 16, 2021
SLAP44:
And the Palestine people lied that they accepted them with open arms into their country?


Yeah.. They can only deceive those who want to be deceived
Re: Real Story Behind The Ship Carrying Jewish Refugees To Palestine In 1947 by richidinho(m): 6:04pm On May 16, 2021
Fear who no fear terrorist Muslims

#IStandwithIsrael
100%

The brown coloured territory is Israel, my brother if not for God that country will be worst than somalia

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Re: Real Story Behind The Ship Carrying Jewish Refugees To Palestine In 1947 by Amotolongbo(f): 6:09pm On May 16, 2021
SLAP44:
And the Palestine people lied that they accepted them with open arms into their country?
Zionism, movement of the Jews to Palestine had started decades before the movement of this ship in 1947
Re: Real Story Behind The Ship Carrying Jewish Refugees To Palestine In 1947 by SLAP44: 6:13pm On May 16, 2021
Amotolongbo:
Zionism, movement of the Jews to Palestine had started decades before the movement of this ship in 1947

What was portrayed by the news on the FP is that Palestine welcomed Israel.
Re: Real Story Behind The Ship Carrying Jewish Refugees To Palestine In 1947 by michresakidjo(m): 6:17pm On May 16, 2021
"Exodus movement of jah people.. We know where we are going we know where we are from... We leaving babylon, going to our fathers land" grin grin[b]BobMarley[/b]

No matter how hard the palestinian tried to change the narrative, the true sons of the soil have gotten what rightly belongs to them.
Re: Real Story Behind The Ship Carrying Jewish Refugees To Palestine In 1947 by Nobody: 6:20pm On May 16, 2021
Palestinians and Taqiya

The Terrorists sympathizers have started calling for jihad and massive Taqiya from their brothers on nairaland


Don't be surprised when you see stupid thread hence forth

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Re: Real Story Behind The Ship Carrying Jewish Refugees To Palestine In 1947 by Amotolongbo(f): 6:33pm On May 16, 2021
SLAP44:


What was portrayed by the news on the FP is that Palestine welcomed Israel.
But this news didn’t say Palestinians repelled the ship bringing the Jews but the British occupying the territory
Re: Real Story Behind The Ship Carrying Jewish Refugees To Palestine In 1947 by SLAP44: 6:36pm On May 16, 2021
Amotolongbo:
But this news didn’t say Palestine repelled the ship bringing the Jews but the British occupying the territory

Show me the news where Palestine welcomed them. Stop twisting history.

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Re: Real Story Behind The Ship Carrying Jewish Refugees To Palestine In 1947 by Amotolongbo(f): 6:37pm On May 16, 2021
SLAP44:


Show me the news where Palestine welcomed them. Stop twisting history.
You rather show me where in the news the Palestinians were reported to have repelled them.

What do you know about history?
You think it is about what you people are fed by the Bible?
Re: Real Story Behind The Ship Carrying Jewish Refugees To Palestine In 1947 by DropsMic(m): 6:40pm On May 16, 2021
Amotolongbo:
But this news didn’t say Palestinians repelled the ship bringing the Jews but the British occupying the territory
They didn't welcome them either. Whats your point?

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Re: Real Story Behind The Ship Carrying Jewish Refugees To Palestine In 1947 by SLAP44: 6:48pm On May 16, 2021
Amotolongbo:
You rather show me where in the news the Palestinians were reported to have repelled them.

What do you know about history?
You think it is about what you people are fed by the Bible?
You are clearly pained. Go and sleep.
Re: Real Story Behind The Ship Carrying Jewish Refugees To Palestine In 1947 by Amotolongbo(f): 6:49pm On May 16, 2021
SLAP44:

You are clearly pained. Go and sleep.
pained by who and what?
Mtchew!!!!!!!
Re: Real Story Behind The Ship Carrying Jewish Refugees To Palestine In 1947 by Rrex99(m): 9:20pm On May 16, 2021
All these terrorists with their fake news just to blame Israeli. It won't work.
Re: Real Story Behind The Ship Carrying Jewish Refugees To Palestine In 1947 by DropsMic(m): 10:02pm On May 16, 2021
Rrex99:
All these terrorists with their fake news just to blame Israeli. It won't work.

I'm telling you.
Re: Real Story Behind The Ship Carrying Jewish Refugees To Palestine In 1947 by thatsleepboy1: 12:01am On May 17, 2021
Amotolongbo:
You rather show me where in the news the Palestinians were reported to have repelled them. What do you know about history? You think it is about what you people are fed by the Bible?

Kindly enlighten me abeg let me learn. E be like say you be muslim
Re: Real Story Behind The Ship Carrying Jewish Refugees To Palestine In 1947 by tillaman(m): 9:41am On May 17, 2021
angry

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