The question of Jewish participation in the British armed forces as well as Jewish contributions to the British war effort will come up for discussion in the British Parliament in the near future, it was disclosed here today by Daniel M. Lipson, member of Parliament.
Lipson revealed that he will request that the British Government make a clear-cut statement in Commons on the number of Palestine Jews in the British Army, Navy and Air Force. He will also ask the Government for a statement as to what is being done by the Palestine administration to encourage the recruiting efforts which Jews are now engaged in there.
At the same time it was learned from Mr. Lipson that he will ask the Colonial Secretary to lift the ban imposed by the Palestine censor on the publication of the reply which Prime Minister Churchill gave in Commons on July 30th to a question asked by Lipson as to Whether the British Government still adheres to its policy on Palestine embodied in the Balfour Declaration. Churchill’s reply to this question was: “There is no need for any change in the policy of His Majesty’s Government on Palestine.”
The formation of a Council of Continental Zionists was announced here by Barnett Janner, vice-president of the British Zionist Federation, who presided at the first meeting. Dr. Ignacy Schwartzbart was elected President.
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