Why Were Holocaust Survivors Imprisoned in British Palestine?

After surviving the Holocaust, thousands of Jewish refugees tried to reach the Land of Israel, only to be detained by the British at Atlit. In October 1945, Palmach fighters, including a young Yitzhak Rabin, launched a daring nighttime rescue. Why had Britain restricted Jewish immigration, how did 208 prisoners escape through the Carmel Mountains, and what turned their prison break into a powerful act of Jewish solidarity?

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