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Israel's Moment Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 January 2022
In France, the most important source of support for Zionist aspirations came from two Socialist ministers, Edouard Depreux, and Jules Moch, in the shifting cabinets of the Fourth Republic. In 1947 Depreux was minister of the interior, in charge of police and visa regulations. Moch was minister of public transport, with control over harbors crucial for immigration, such as the port of Marseille. The files of the French Interior Ministry reveal Depreux and Moch’s efforts to resist British efforts to stop French assistance to Jewish immigration to Palestine. The issues came to a head in the Exodus affair of summer 1947.
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