The British estimate that forty thousand Jews,…

The British estimate that forty thousand Jews, in addition to recorded immigrants, have entered Palestine without legal certificates during the period from 1920 to 1939.

Zionist land purchases have increased from sixty thousand, one hundred and twenty hectares in 1922 to about one hundred and fifty five thousand, one hundred and forty hectares in 1939, accompanied by the concurrent growth of Jewish urban and village centers.

In the Yishuv, the Palestinian Revolt has reinforced the already firm belief in the need for a strong Jewish defense network.

Finally, the Arab agricultural boycott that began in 1936 has forced the Jewish economy into even greater self-sufficiency.

By 1939, the Zionists have armed more than fifteen thousand Jews in their own nationalist movement.