Prev                                                                                                       3 of 14                                                                                                               Next

...
At the close of Mandatory rule, in May 1948, the Jewish population of the country was concentrated in the large towns of Jerusalem and Haifa, and to an even greater degree in Tel Aviv and its satellites (see map Fig. 9). Jewish agriculture extended around a few dozen settlements, chiefly in the valleys, while the small towns were in state of gradual decline. This state of affairs was the outcome of the inadequate planning in which the Jewish population had been forced to acquisce thanks to political and economic conditions current under the Mandate.
...