The recrudescence of anti-Semitism in Germany was discussed here last night at a meeting of the Board of Deputies of British Jews. A number of members of the Board urged that meassures be taken to “impress upon the Jews still in Germany to leave that country, not only in their own interest but in the interest of Jewry as a whole, since Germany is a possible focal point for renewed anti-Semitic propaganda.”
Dr. Abraham Cohen, president of the Board, declared that the “Jews in Germany had five years in which to think over the question of staying or leaving.” He expressed doubts that any measures–“however strong”–could now influence those who disregarded previous advice to leave.
The meeting also unanimously adopted a statement criticizing British policy on the sending of arms to the Arab countries. “British Jewry,” the statement said, “is deeply concerned at the tension and threat to peace in the Middle East aggravated by the supply of arms by His Majesty’s Government to the Arab states, without making such supply dependent on their full cooperation in the conclusion of peace and despite their openly-expressed intention to renew the campaign of aggression against Israel.”
The Board statement urged the British Government to reconsider its policy in the “spirit of fairness to Israel, which has shown itself ready to negotiate peace with the neighboring Arab states in a paramount desire to solve the weighty and pressing problems with which that young state is urgently confronted.”
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