 First, the problem of harbouring within the Jewish State a large and disaffected Arab population had always troubled them.They wanted an exclusively Jewish state, and the presence of such a population that could never be assimilated, that would always resent its inferior position under Jewish rule and stretch a hand across so many frontiers to its Arab cousins in the surrounding countries, would not only detract from the Jewishness of Israel, but also constitute a danger to its existence.Secondly, the Israelis wanted to open the doors of Palestine to unrestricted Jewish immigration.