German radio stations, especially the one at Zeesen, have intensified Arabic-language broadcasts, aimed at fomenting anti-British feeling in the Near East.
These broadcasts seek to represent the stationing of British troops in Palestine as a camouflaged attempt to give Palestine to the Jews. The recent ordinance restricting sale of land to Jews in Palestine is termed by the Nazis an effort to throw sand into the Arabs’ eyes.
In one broadcast, the announcer cited an article published March 18 in “Mitteilungen ueber die Judenfrage” (Bulletin on the Jewish Question) in which it was charged that Dr. Chaim Weizmann, Zionist leader, had been informed in advance by the British Government of the land ordinance and had agreed to it.
“There is sufficient ground for expressing the suspicion that Dr. Weizmann was informed of the true purpose of this measure before the ordinance was promulgated and that he agreed to its issuance,” the Nazi announcer said. “It is remarkable that Weizmann, particularly he, did not participate in the first Jewish protests. Only under pressure of American Jews did he, as was reported from Washington, permit himself to be influenced to issue a vague condemnation of the British measures.”
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