A resolution hailing the United Nations decision to establish a Jewish state in Palestine, but pointing out that for Czech Jews Czechoslovakia remains the only homeland was adopted here at the first General Assembly of the Association of Czech Jews held since the war. Frantisek Fuchs, vice-chairman of the Council of Jewish Communities, was elected chairman of the Association by the 150 delegates who attended the convention.
The text of the resolution read: “Knowing the Nazi persecution of the Jews of Europe and the fact that hundreds of thousands of Jews are still wandering about without hope of a peaceful home or the possibility of a human existence, we welcome the decision of the United Nations to set up a Jewish state in Palestine. In this connection, however, we declare that our home is here in the country of the Czechs and in the midst of the Czechs. We trust that the entire civilized world will assist in securing the Jewish state in Palestine. With the creation of the Jewish state in Palestine Zionism outside of Palestine loses its right of existence.”
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