Why did the Anglo-American Committee link European Jewry to Palestine?

💡 The Answer

• The committee was formed just months after WWII, on 4 Jan 1946.
• Its report title explicitly combined 'Problems of European Jewry' with Palestine.
• This reflected the urgent need to address Holocaust survivors.
• The committee examined conditions in Mandatory Palestine and consulted Arabs and Jews.
• It was a joint British-American effort based in Washington D.C.