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Also, I realized that I forgot to mention something else about the british numbers. The british were trying to limit Jewish immigration (made famous by the movie "Exodus"). They had set up detention camps on Cyprus, and were stopping the boats, for the reasons I mentioned above. I forgot to say that another reason there numbers are probably wrong is that most of the Jewish immigration was done illegally, in defiance of the British, especially before, during and after the Holocaust, when so many Jews were trying to escape Europe. I understand your concern about the numbers from the guy you mentioned. While I wouldn't know where to find the best source, I do think that in all likelihood the party mostly likely to have the real numbers is the Israelis themselves, since they were the only ones keeping track of both the legal and illegal immigration. I guess it comes down to a question of whether or not you trust all, some, or no Israeli sources. If it is assumed that no Israeli source is trustworthy, then I think it would probably be impossible to find the real numbers. As you said, some of the Israeli numbers might be inflated- or maybe not. I guess there is really no way to know for sure.
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