A review of the developments at the World Zionist Congress which took place this month in Israel was given here today by Dr. Emanuel Neumann, president of the World Union of General Zionists, following his return from Israel where he participated in the congress.
“The course of the 26th World Zionist Congress presents a striking paradox,” Dr. Neumann said. “While its concluding session was marred by a public display of interparty conflict, yet the congress as a whole was decidedly constructive in spirit, with a remarkable degree of unanimity on matters of basic policy.
“The clash of partisan interests was severs enough to prevent the election of a new executive, which caused resentment among the delegates in Jerusalem and unfavorable comment abroad. But such criticism, however justified, can not obscure the positive achievement of the congress as the most important and influential deliberative assembly of World Jewry.”
With respect to the problems and tasks confronting the Zionist movement in countries outside of Israel, Dr. Neumann said that the congress achieved “a broad consensus.” It agreed on the extreme urgency of combating the negative forces of assimilation, the weakening of traditional bonds and the erosion of Jewish values threatening the continuity of Jewish life in most countries, he pointed out.
With respect to the problems and tasks confronting the Zionist movement in countries outside of Israel, Dr. Neumann said that the congress achieved “a broad consensus.” It agreed on the extreme urgency of combating the negative forces of assimilation, the weakening of traditional bonds and the erosion of Jewish values threatening the continuity of Jewish life in most countries, he pointed out.
“Of vital significance was the understanding reached with the Government of Israel providing for fullest cooperation and partnership in a joint effort to pursue common Zionist objectives, not only in Israel but throughout the Jewish world,” he stressed.
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