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Agudas Israel of America Issues Statement Opposing Partition

February 7, 1947
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The Agudas Israel of America today issued a statement declaring that the organization is “against the partitioning of Palestine and against terror.” The statement, signed by Rabbi Eliezer Silver, president, demanded that the death sentence on Dov Gruner be commuted. At the same time, it appealed to the extremists in Palestine “to stop all terror acts.”

The statement declared that “there is no reason for the removal of British women and children from Palestine.” It charged that the evacuation “looks as if it is being purposely done and may be interpreted as a provocation as other recent deadswere.” The Agudah statement demanded that the British Government cancel all desrees against the purchase of land in Palestine by Jews and admit 100,000 displaced Jews as well as non-quota immigrants.

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