The all-Palestine conference of the general Zionists today adopted the following program for the election of the Asefat Hanivcharim, the Jewish elected assembly, which is to be held at the end of next week.
The unanimous demands of the general Zionists’ platform include the enlargement of the powers of the K’nesseth Israel, the Jewish community organized under regulations issued by the government in 1926, to make it an effective instrument in all branches of the Jewish settlements; strengthening the self-activities of the Jewish community politically and economically; the promotion of Palestine Jewish products in the fields of agriculture, trade and industry; the employment of Jewish labor everywhere and the establishment of labor-employment offices for obligatory arbitration.
The conference also expressed vigorous opposition to the proposed establishment of a legislative council in Palestine and urged that Palestine Jews have a decisive influence in the politics of the Jewish Agency in matters directly concerning Palestine.
The Asefat Hanivcharim is the body which elects the Vaad Leumi, the Palestine Jewish National Council, which in turn has the right to one representative on the political committee of the World Zionist Organization.
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