The decision of the convention of the American Mizrachi to the effect that “the present World Zionist Executive is not binding until it will include representatives of all Zionist groups” is another proof of the one-sidedness of the present Executive.
The Zionist Executive in Palestine, dominated by the laborites, seems to care little what other groups in the Zionist movement have to say. As a matter of fact, it seems to care very little what the entire Yishuv in Palestine has to say. It ignores altogether the interests of all elements in the Yishuv except those of the laborers organized in the Histadruth.
That is why not only the industrialists and the farmers of Palestine are opposed to the present Executive, but also the average middle-class man. That is why the Mizrachi as well as many of the General Zionists do not consider the present Zionist Executive representative of the entire movement.
The dictatorial pro-labor policy which the Executive tries to impose upon all other elements of the Yishuv is not justified, not only because the great majority of the Jews in Palestine are not in sympathy with such a policy, but also because the Zionist Executive is a part of the Jewish Agency, in which the non-Zionists are a partner.
By acting in behalf of the entire Jewish Agency, the laborite dictators of the Executive are actually involving the non-Zionists in a policy which is not favored by the majority of Palestinian Jews.
The resolution which the Mizrachi convention adopted is therefore not aimed against the Executive as such, but against the laborites, who have converted the Zionist Executive into an instrument for one party, for the Histadruth.
In the light of the Mizrachi resolution it will be easy to understand why the Jewish Telegraphic Agency has refused to submit to laborite control. The J.T.A., as an impartial news agency for all forces in Jewish life, cannot permit itself to be a tool in the hands of one party, especially since this party does not reflect the interests of the Yishuv as a whole.
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