A farewell party to delegates attending the Arab Women’s Conference today was turned into an anti-Zionist demonstration when delegates form Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt and Palestine delivered addresses calling for an independent Arab state in Palestine. One speaker pointed out that the most effective means of supporting the Arabs of Palestine was generous subscriptions to the bank which has been set up to redeem land sold to Jews.
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