King Fuad received Rabbi Haim Nachum Effendi, Chief Rabbi of Egypt, on Tuesday evening, and discussed the Palestine situation with him for fifty minutes. The king showed much interest and sympathy in the question.
The Chief Rabbi received this week many letters from Egyption sheiks and high government officials expressing their sympathy with the Jews in Palestine.
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