The Liberal Party today decided to ask for a debate on Palestine in parliament in view of the fact that the proposed Palestine discussion does not figure on the parliamentary agenda for the next few weeks as had been forecasted, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency learned today. It is expected that Lloyd George, who has sharply criticized the new British policy in Palestine, will offer the motion for debate and Premier MacDonald will utilize the occasion for an explanatory statement on Palestine and will fix the date of the debate for the third or fourth week in November.
The Liberals, however, have not yet decided whether their motion will take the ### of censure on which a vote ### taken and possibly lead to the ###at of the government. Certain Liberals are anxious to avoid a vote of censure on the Palestine issue in order to allow the numerous friends of the Zionist cause in the Labor Party an opportunity of participating in the debate which, in view of party discipline, they would be unable to do if a vote was taken.
Other Liberals, on the other hand, point out that the disadvantage of a debate without a vote lies in the comparative undecisiveness of such action, besides furnishing an opportunity for the anti-Zionist members to attack Zionism.
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