Discontinuation of Jewish immigration, prohibition of land sales to the Jews, the establishment of a Palestine parliament, the repeal of the Balfour Declaration, the commutation of the death sentences on Arabs found guilty of murdering Jews during the riots and the rescinding of the collective fines levied on Arab villages as a result of the riots are the six demands made on Great Britain by the Arab delegation now in London, according to Azmi Nashashibi, who is accompanying the delegation.
He said that these demands were made during the interview that the delegation had with Prime Minister MacDonald and Lord Passfield, the Colonial Minister.
Lord Passfield, on the other hand, is reported to have offered the Arabs an Arab Agency, similar to the Jewish Agency and a legislative council consisting of ten Arabs, five Jews and five Englishmen to be presided over by the High Commissioner. Both of these proposals were rejected by the Arab delegation.
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