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Parliamentary Anti-zionists Accept Balfour Declaration Under New Interpretation

December 23, 1929
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The bloc of anti-Zionist members of Parliament, which was organized here by Jemal Husseini, secretary of the Arab Executive, is ready to accept the Balfour Declaration, but only if it is to be interpreted in a new way. It is stated that the group is willing to have the Balfour Declaration remain in force, provided the first part of the Declaration, which speaks about the establishment of a Jewish national home should be interpreted as meaning only a “cultural center” for the Jews in Palestine.

The program of the anti-Zionist Parliament bloc also demands that the second part of the Declaration, which guarantees to protect the religious and civil rights of the non-Jewish population of Palestine, should be particularly emphasized.

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