A suggestion that Britain extend credit to Israel to enable British exporters to compete in the expanding Israel market was made here today at a press conference by Richard Crossman, Labor M.P. and former member of the joint Anglo-American Commission of Inquiry on Palestine. Mr. Crossman returned today from a visit to Israel where he was a guest of President Weizmann.
The member of the British Parliament expressed the opinion that Israel leaders are aware that a final peace settlement is being held up by the Palestine Arab refugee problem. The Jordan political leaders, he added, do not wish to have the Palestine Arabs return home, but do not have the financial resources to absorb them.
The solution to this situation, he asserted, is for the United States and Britain to grant Jordan 40,000,000 pounds ($112,000,000) and send British experts to help the Jordanians resettle the refugees. He thought that an agreement between Jordan and Israel on the Mt. Campus issue could be reached it the Israelis were prepared to be “generous” over the Jordan claims to territory along the Elath road in the southern Negev.
Mr. Crossman expressed support of the Israel demands on Germany for restitution and indemnification for damages suffered at the hands of the Nazis by Jews who are now Israel citizens. “It is unreasonable to expect the Israelis to compensate the Palestine Arabs before Germany makes good the damages to 6,000,000 Jews who were murdered and despoiled,” he said.
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