The opinion that Lord Passfield is still sympathetic to Zionist aspirations was expressed last night by Mr. James Middleton, of the British Labour Party, at a farewell dinner given in honour of Mr. S. Kaplansky, former member of the Zionist Executive. The dinner was given by the National Executive of the British Poale Zion Party at the National Labour Club.
“It ought still to be remembered that Sidney Webb, now Lord Passfield, was the author of the Labour Party’s war arms, one of which was the establishment of a Jewish National Home in Palestine”, Mr. James Middleton, of the British Labour Party, said in the course of his speech. Mr. Middleton added that in spite of everything, he still holds to the opinion that Lord Passfield was sympathetic to Zionist aspirations.
Mr. Kaplansky, in his reply to Mr. Middleton, said that Lord Passfield had been led astray by drawing a false analogy between Jewish settlement, which did no harm but only good to the Arabs, and the usual type of white planter colonisation, which oppressed and exploited native peoples.
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