A spokesman for the Jewish Agency today announced that the Agency will make public its official comment on the report of the Anglo-American inquiry committee only after careful consideration of its recommendations.
He asserted that “it is the firm conviction of the Jewish Agency and of the overwhelming mass of Jews throughout the world that the Jewish National Home cannot really be secured save within the framework of a Jewish State.” He added that “by establishing an Arab State within one section of the mandated territory, the mandatory precluded itself from denying to the other sections the right to become a Jewish State.
The Agency spokesman observed that the admission of 100,000 Jews from Europe and the repeal of the Palestine land laws will be welcomed by the Jewish people. He recalled that the admission of the 100,000 Jews was demanded by President Truman to whom, he said, the Jewish people “will ever be grateful for this act of statesmanship wherein Truman made himself the spokesman of the conscience of mankind.”
Other recommendations, the spokesman emphasized, “bear marks of inadequate opportunity for full inquiry.” The most serious flaw in the committee’s conclusions, he stated, is that while admitting that the transfer of even 100,000 Jews to Palestine does not solve even the problem of the Jews in Europe, the committee fails to provide for the needs of Jews in other parts of the world.
SPOKESMAN OF ARAB LEAGUE SAYS REPORT IS “APPALLING”
A spokesman for the Arab Office in London, which represents the Arab League, issued a statement saying that the report is “an appalling document.”
“The report,” he said, “is the last straw and entirely unacceptable to the Arabs. The Commission could have done only one thing worse–and that was to declare a Jewish State. It is difficult to predict what will happen now. The Arab world will be infuriated and will see no good in the report. The Arab League will be called together to consider it at once.” He added that the possibility of trouble in Palestine could not be ruled out.
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