ITS NON-ZIONIST MEMBERS HAVE THREATENED TO QUIT THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR PALESTINE, COMPRISING ZIONISTS AND NON-ZIONISTS IN EQUAL NUMBER, IT WAS REVEALED HERE TODAY, UNLESS THE FIFTY-FIFTY REPRESENTATION IS MAINTAINED.
THE THREATENED BOLT WAS ANNOUNCED BY ELIEZER KAPLAN, MEMBER OF THE WORLD ZIONIST EXECUTIVE AND TREASURER OF THE AGENCY, AT A MEETING OF THE ZIONIST LABORITE FACTION. MR. KAPLAN SAID NEGOTIATIONS ON THE QUESTION ARE BEING CONTINUED.
THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR PALESTINE, EXISTING IN ITS PRESENT FORM SINCE 1929, IS RECOGNIZED BY THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AS WORLD JEWRY’S SPOKESMAN AND SUPREME AUTHORITY IN PALESTINE AFFAIRS.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
