A message expressing the admiration of the Israel people for Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill was sent to Sir Winston by Premier Moshe Sharett today, on the occasion of Sir Winston’s 80th birthday.
“Israel unites today with Britain and with the nations of the world in paying homage to your matchless record of statesmanship,” Mr. Sharett declared. In a reference to Sir Wizston’s lifelong advocacy of the establishment of a Jewish State in Palestine, Mr. Sharett’s message said; “Your staunch advocacy of the Zionist idea and your belief in its justice and ultimate triumph and your joy in its consummation with the rise of an independent Israel, has earned for you the everlasting gratitude of the Jewish people.”
(In London today it was reported that Sir Winston had received congratulatory messages from many Jewish groups, including the Zionist Federation of Britain, the Anglo-Jewish Association, Agudas Israel of Britain and the British Technion Society. The Federation of Jewish Relief Organizations held a ball tonight in the Prime Minister’s honor.)
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