Arabs and Jews in Palestine have submerged their political differences in the need of common defense, Col. William J. Donovan, who recently returned from a tour abroad as unofficial United States Government observer, said in a radio speech last night.
“In Palestine, I saw battalions made up of companies of Jews and Arabs together, their political differences submerged in the need of common defense,” he said.
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