The New Statesman and Nation, in an editorial today, asserted that unless the Arabs and Jews in Palestine could be brought together, the only alternative was to divide the country.
The weekly said that while it was important that Palestine remain in British hands, “the price to be paid for it as an imperial asset or the sacrifice for it as a sacred trust must be within reason.”
“We cannot be expected to keep an army corps in the country to dragoon the Arabs for perpetuity,” the editorial said. “We cannot face with equanimity an indefinite period of passive resistance, boycott and dangerous repercussions abroad.”
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