Palestine Jewry is united in opposing any and all partition schemes, it was stated today by Beri Locker, Histadruth leader and a spokesman for the Jewish Agency office here, upon his return from an extended visit to Palestine. Mr. Locker said that the question of partition has not been discussed by the Zionist Actions Committee or by the Jewish community. General reaction to partition schemes, he added, are slogans in the Hebrew newspapers stating. “Never partitions.”
Despite the Palestine Jews’ “frustration,” he stated, they feel that their fate is bound up irrevocably with that of the United Nations. Describing the progress of Palestine agriculture and industry, Mr. Locker said that Jewish agricultural production jumped 42 percent during the war and Jewish industry is supplying the army throughout the Middle East. He disclosed that twelve “outposts” have been established in the Negeb, the southern section of the country, in places where water has been found. In reply to a query concerning David Ben-Gurion’s resignation from the chairmanship of the Jewish Agency executive, Mr. Looker asserted that it was not due to “fundamental political differences.”
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