1946

April
The activities of the Hebrew Resistance Movement continue, and there is an upsurge in clandestine immigration. The British arrest more than 1,000 "illegal" immigrants in the port of La Spezia in Italy, before they set sail for Palestine. The "illegal" immigrants declare a hunger strike, and the Yishuv leaders join them. The affair has a serious impact around the world and the British decide to provide the olim with government permits (known as "certificates") to sail to Palestine.