The SS Exodus 1947 was a ship that carried Jewish emigrants from France to British Mandatory Palestine on July 11, 1947. Most of the emigrants were Holocaust survivors who had no legal immigration certificates for Palestine. Following wide media coverage, the British Royal Navy seized the ship and deported all its passengers back to Europe. In the same period, the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine visited Palestine to assess the conflict between the Jews and Arabs, trying to find a solution. This essay will explore the ways in which the Event of the Exodus 1947 influenced the committee’s decision to enact a partition plan.
During the committees visit, the Jewish Agency did not confine itself to testifying and telling the special …show more content…
She attributed great significance to the Exodus episode, considering it to have been key to the Special Committee’s recommendation for partition. She is quoted saying “Reverend Grauels graphic account of the voyage marked a turning point in the thinking of committee members.”
This was further supported by Bartley Crum, who was an American Lawyer appointed by President Truman to serve on the Anglo American Committee of Inquiry, and therefore was very familiar with the international work on Palestine. He wrote “No other event, was as important as the Odyssey of the Exodus. It made possible, in fact, the United Nations Vote for a democratic state in Palestine, a Jewish State in that land.” Calling it “The ship that launched a …show more content…
Sandstrom was so impressed by Horowitz and Eban that he invited them to accompany them to Geneva. This played a crucial role, as being able to consult with the committee meant the Jewish Agency were able to influence the Special Committee in shaping its recommendations. In addition, it led to the decision of the committee to visit Displaced Jews Camps, particularly those of the Exodus ship which was significant as it shows that they were considering the situation of the Displaced Jews when drafting their plan for Palestine. The visits to the camps solidified that the issue of Palestine would take into account Jews seeking to leave Europe. This was caused somewhat by their findings that the level of enthusiasm showed by European Jews had risen dramatically then the previous findings of The Anglo American Inquiry in 1945. This could be assuming to have a direct correlation to the heavy Zionist propaganda that had risen following the blockade of the Exoduses, persuading more Jews to express their wish of the Jewish State of Palestine. The committee wrote “We were left in little doubt, that if only because of the extraordinary intensity of the feeling displayed in this direction, such a situation must be regarded as at least a component in the problem of Palestine. This is true whether the state of mind among the Jews is to be regarded as spontaneous or whether it is to be attributed
During the committees visit, the Jewish Agency did not confine itself to testifying and telling the special …show more content…
She attributed great significance to the Exodus episode, considering it to have been key to the Special Committee’s recommendation for partition. She is quoted saying “Reverend Grauels graphic account of the voyage marked a turning point in the thinking of committee members.”
This was further supported by Bartley Crum, who was an American Lawyer appointed by President Truman to serve on the Anglo American Committee of Inquiry, and therefore was very familiar with the international work on Palestine. He wrote “No other event, was as important as the Odyssey of the Exodus. It made possible, in fact, the United Nations Vote for a democratic state in Palestine, a Jewish State in that land.” Calling it “The ship that launched a …show more content…
Sandstrom was so impressed by Horowitz and Eban that he invited them to accompany them to Geneva. This played a crucial role, as being able to consult with the committee meant the Jewish Agency were able to influence the Special Committee in shaping its recommendations. In addition, it led to the decision of the committee to visit Displaced Jews Camps, particularly those of the Exodus ship which was significant as it shows that they were considering the situation of the Displaced Jews when drafting their plan for Palestine. The visits to the camps solidified that the issue of Palestine would take into account Jews seeking to leave Europe. This was caused somewhat by their findings that the level of enthusiasm showed by European Jews had risen dramatically then the previous findings of The Anglo American Inquiry in 1945. This could be assuming to have a direct correlation to the heavy Zionist propaganda that had risen following the blockade of the Exoduses, persuading more Jews to express their wish of the Jewish State of Palestine. The committee wrote “We were left in little doubt, that if only because of the extraordinary intensity of the feeling displayed in this direction, such a situation must be regarded as at least a component in the problem of Palestine. This is true whether the state of mind among the Jews is to be regarded as spontaneous or whether it is to be attributed