The Jewish Chronicle today editorially urged that the survivors of the sinking of the refugee ship Patria be permitted to remain in Palestine and scouted the Palestine Government’s fears that admission of illegal immigrants might adversely affect the British war effort in the Near East.
“Is it necessary to assume that the Arabs, now brought nearer to the reality of the Nazi menace and sworn to bar Hitler from Palestine soil, would turn a deaf ear to the pathetic prayer of the Jews who sought to escape from the Nazi orders the weekly asked.
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