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| 1940, Nov. 25 |
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| Sinking of the Patria, a ship carrying Jewish immigrants, in the harbor of Haifa. Jewish agents secretly carried out the operation to publicize the Zionist cause around the world. | 1 |
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| 1942, May |
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| The Biltmore Declaration. American Jewish organizations threw their weight behind the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine. By the end of World War II, the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust (See 1939, Sept. 1) had persuaded most American Jews to back the Zionist program. | 2 |
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| 1944, Nov. 6 |
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| Assassination of Lord Moyne, Britain's minister resident in the Middle East, by Zionist terrorists. (See Palestine and Israel) | 3 |
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