The London “Jewish Guardian” in its issue of November 22 heartily endorses the remarks of Albert Einstein as reported in a recent interview in the Paris “L’Oeuvre.” Einstein’s statement that “above all it was necessary for the Jewish people to realize the futility of resentment because of the recent events in Palestine, that the efforts of Jabotinsky and his revisionists must be combated by every possible means, that as the Jews desire to be understood by others, so they must seek to understand the Arab and that it is for us and us alone to seek peace and the cooperation of the Arab people found the “Guardian” in complete concurrence.
Pointing out that not only does it agree with Einstein but that Einstein also agrees with it, the “Guardian” says, “we should like to see a fine gesture on the part of the Zionist Organization of the Jewish Agency…saying ‘stop these reprisals. Enough executions have taken place. We want no more hangings and imprisonments. The Jewish ideal in Palestine is brotherhood and peace. Protect us in our desire to ensue it. Not good will but bad will is likely to result from pursuing the inquiry into the last degree of Arab guilt. The Jews will not be less in the right because they renounce the exaction of the uttermost penalty.
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