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Myths & Facts
Chapter 2: The British Mandate Period

By: Mitchell G. Bard

The British helped the Jews displace the native Arab population of Palestine. [Updated]
The British allowed Jews to flood Palestine while Arab immigration was tightly controlled.
The British changed their policy after World War II to allow the survivors of the Holocaust to settle in Palestine.
As the Jewish population in Palestine grew, the plight of the Palestinian Arabs worsened.
Jews stole Arab land.
The British helped the Palestinians to live peacefully with the Jews.
The Mufti was not anti-Semitic.
The bombing of the King David Hotel was part of a deliberate terror campaign against civilians.

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