A demand that a Board of Inquiry, composed of representatives of Jewish and non-Jewish American organizations, be set up immediately “to investigate the nefarious practices of the Palestine Government” was voiced here today by Congressman Emanuel Celler in a statement issued to the press in connection with the new arms trial which is taking place in Jerusalem.
Congressman Celler termed the new trial “part of a pattern of the British Colonial Office to discredit the heroic effort of the Jews in Palestine.” Emphasizing that the Hulda settlement, like a number of other Jewish colonies in Palestine, “was the scene of cruel pogroms by Arabs,” he charged the Palestine Government with “failing dismally, miserably and deliberately to protect the Jews in their homes.”
“The Jews” the statement said, “cannot fight the Arab highjack with bare knuckles. In the previous disorders the Arabs used guns and rifles denied to the Jews. The Jews dare not take chances on future assaults and attacks. They must prepare for Arab riots.”
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