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SCHIFF, MEL
American Jewish history, 10/2015, Volume: 99, Issue: 4Journal Article
For decades, Americans have heard their presidents, and even presidential candidates, support the State of israel with ubiquitous phrases such as calling israel "the only democracy in the Middle east" and "America's ally" and noting that israel's population has turned deserts into farmland and developed high tech industries. From all over europe, Jews who had reached the safe havens of the American Zones in the West, especially in Austria, found safety, rehabilitation and, if they desired, assistance in escaping to Palestine. Since nations worldwide had generally sealed their borders to noncitizen refugees, the Jewish DPs found no doors open for immediate entry.
