Stressing that “your brethren in the citadel of Palestine are calling for land,” the Jewish National Fund today issued an appeal for support of its “Palestine Victory Campaign” in Britain, which opens on June 13.
“Palestine’s courageous defenders ask you to give your share of land,” the statement said, “for food is the ammunition of war. Land for development of soldiers of Israeli Land for settlement of Hitler’s victims Land for homes for post-war European Jewry Land for war–to organize Palestine defense Lend for peace–to await the homeless”
The Palestine Jews “will fight to the death” in defense of the country, the appeal asserted, “but in the midst of preparing for war, the Yishuv does not stand still. Like the valiant people of Britain, their watchword is ‘Carry on!’ They are tilling fields, working in factories, preparing for war but laboring for peace, for they have faith in victory.”
“The men and women of Palestine are prepared to write another imperishable page in the scrolls of Jewish history,” the appeal concluded. “Will you give them courage to sustain them in the great struggle which lies ahead of them? Will you show how deep is your faith in victory?”
A message received from the Zionist Organization and Jewish Agency executives in Jerusalem said: “The approach of war merely enhances the significance of land’s guarantee of the national future. Demonstrate your faith in the solidarity of the Yishuv by giving the utmost support to the Keren Kayemeth, precisely at this hour.”
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