- Maapilim
- Name applied to the illegal immigrants (see Aliya Bet) who entered Palestine despite the strict immigration restrictions imposed by the British mandatory authorities in response to Arab rioting in the 1930s. The beginning of such immigration, called haapalah, dates to 1934. It peaked in the immediate post-World War II period, with the aim of providing refuge for Holocaust survivors.
Historical Dictionary of Israel. Bernard Reich David H. Goldberg. Edited by Jon Woronoff..