Answering all those Zionists and others who have recently come out for peace between Jews and Arabs. Dr. Aron Sandler, writing in the “Juedische Rundschau,” German Zionist weekly of December 3, argues that an agreement between the two peoples in Palestine at present is impossible unless Zionism wishes to surrender everything. He says:
“As everyone knows, the Zionist Actions Committee, the Executive and the Palestine Yishub are agreed that, however necessary it is from an economic, social and cultural point of view to bring about immediately a better understanding between Jews and Arabs, it may on the other hand give rise to the direst consequences if the question of the formation of a parliament at an indefinite date be made the topic of discussions between Arabic and Jewish representatives now. None of the German group who demands such negotiations has any clear ideas as to what we should offer the Arab opponents, those opponents of whom he knows that only one thing will be acceptable to them: the abolition of the Balfour Declaration; those opponents who by means of the lie about the bombardment of the Omar Mosque incited the Arab populace. Every attempt at such negotiations which does not wish to renounce our demand for a strong Jewish immigration, is not only of itself doomed, but must carry with it dire consequences for the near future, since it must be regarded as a reaction to the terroristic acts of the Arabs and as a sign of weakness, and thus give encouragement to new deeds of violence.
“Professor Brodetzky, in his talk here in Berlin, rightly concluded that it is useless to speak of negotiations with the Arabs as long as the Arabic people does not recognize, and does not offer guarantees that it will abide by, the principle of the Jewish homeland in Palestine, the principle of free immigration and of no limitation of Jewish national development in Palestine.
Those however, who have lost their belief in political Zionism should state so openly,” concluded Dr. Sandler.
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