The Royal Navy and the Palestine Patrol / Ninian Stewart ; with a foreword by the First Sea Lord.
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London ; Portland, OR :
F. Cass,
2002.
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Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. The British and Palestine : Zionism and the beginnings of Jewish immigration
- Naval operations: the Arab revolt and refugees
- The wartime years
- The displaced persons
- pt. 2. Palestine patrol, 1945-46: unopposed arrests : Naval assistance for the Palestine government
- The rising tide of seaborne illegal immigration
- Custody of illegal immigrants and the diversion proposal
- Introduction of shipment to Cyprus
- pt. 3. Palestine patrol, 1946-47: contested arrests : More difficult tasks
- Further arrests
- The Athina rescue
- The legal issues
- The secondary winter: arrests
- The Guardian: a very hazardous arrest
- 'Exodus 1947': the arrest of SS President Warfield
- The 'refoulement'
- Policy and incidents after the President Warfield explosion
- pt. 4. Palestine patrol and naval operations 1947-48: the final period : International developments and their effects
- The Pans operation
- The final arrests
- The withdrawal
- Summary and conclusions
- Notes
- Annexes and Appendices : Annex A: illegal immigrant vessels
- Annex B: illegal immigrant ships' names
- Annex C: Palyam marine sabotage operations, 1945-47
- Annex D: the Balfour declaration
- Annex E: transfer of harbour defense motor launches to the Palestine police 1946: a tardy process
- Annex F: the Arab reaction in Aden to United Nations Organisation's proposals for partitioning Palestine.