AGREEMENT BETWEEN ARABS AND JEWS TO SETTLE PALESTINE’S TROUBLES IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT PARTITIONING THE COUNTRY, AN ARAB DELEGATION TODAY INFORMED THE MANDATES COMMISSION.
THE ARAB SUPREME COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES PRESENTED A MEMORANDUM REJECTING THE OPINION OF BRITISH COLONIAL SECRETARY WILLIAM G.A. ORMSBY-GORE THAT ARAB-JEWISH UNDERSTANDING IS IMPOSSIBLE, DECLARING AN AGREEMENT CAN BE REACHED BETWEEN THE TWO PEOPLES PROVIDED THE INTERESTS AND NATIONAL ASPIRATIONS OF THE ARABS ARE SAFEGUARDED.
THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF IRAQ, NURI PASHA ES-SAID, SENT A MEMORANDUM TO THE COMMISSION PROTESTING AGAINST PARTITION, AND STATING THAT THE BALFOUR DECLARATION HAS ALREADY BEEN FULFILLED AND THE JEWS MUST ACCEPT THE POSITION OF A MINORITY.
ESTABLISHMENT OF PALESTINE AS A SINGLE INDEPENDENT STATE, WITH THE JEWS ACCEPTING THE POSITION OF A MINORITY GROUP, WAS DEMANDED. THE IRAQ REPRESENTATIVES, WHO TOLD THE LEAGUE THEY WOULD SUBMIT A DETAILED PLAN FOR SOLUTION OF THE PALESTINE PROBLEM LATER, INSISTED THAT THE PROPORTION OF THE JEWISH AND ARABS POPULATIONS BE FIXED ON THE EXISTING BASIS.
NO FURTHER JEWISH IMMIGRATION IS NECESSARY FOR MAINTENANCE OR DEVELOPMENT OF JEWISH INSTITUTIONS IN THE COUNTRY, THE DELEGATION ASSERTED. THEY EMPHASIZED THE PEACEMAKING ROLE THE LEAGUE PLAYED AMONG THE ARABS AND THE MORAL RESPONSIBILITY IT HAD ASSUMED IN PROMISING THEM AID.
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