 Half this monthly quota was allocated to Jews in the prisons on Cyprus, due to fears that if the number of Jewish prisoners in the Cyprus camps kept growing, it would eventually lead to an uprising there.On July 18, 1947, the Royal Navy intercepted the "Exodus 1947" a ship laden with 4,515 refugees en route to Palestine.The passengers resisted violently, and the boarding ended with two passengers and one crewman dead.