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7 - The French Government, Jewish Immigration to Palestine, and the Exodus Affair

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2022

Jeffrey Herf
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University of Maryland, College Park
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In France, the most important source of support for Zionist aspirations came from two Socialist ministers, Edouard Depreux, and Jules Moch, in the shifting cabinets of the Fourth Republic. In 1947 Depreux was minister of the interior, in charge of police and visa regulations. Moch was minister of public transport, with control over harbors crucial for immigration, such as the port of Marseille. The files of the French Interior Ministry reveal Depreux and Moch’s efforts to resist British efforts to stop French assistance to Jewish immigration to Palestine. The issues came to a head in the Exodus affair of summer 1947.

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Israel's Moment
International Support for and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945–1949
, pp. 192 - 222
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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