The hope that there would be a finality of conferences and that there would soon be an honest attempt on both sides of the Palestine situation to come to know each other and to work together for the common good of the country by Jew and Arab alike, was expressed yesterday by Prof. Hermann Gollancz, rabbi, writer, and historian, in discussing the New Year in the “Times.”
Many conferences and too much legislation, said Professor Gollancz, “often only confuse the issue and things may be worse for not being allowed to follow their natural evolution. For centuries under the Turks Jewish-Arab relations have been amicable and peaceful. Why this confusing ill-will that ravaged Palestine? Is it the work of a handful of mischief-makers and vile disturbers with certain ends in view?”
Appealing for peace between the children of the brothers Ishmael and Isaac, Professor Gollancz concluded by saying, “Heaven speed the day when the clarion notes of conscience and faith will awaken men to a sense of duty and righteousness.”
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