Quiet without peace is how Franz Werfl, eminent author, ###ms up the Palestine situation today is the “Neue Freie Presse,” following h#s return from a prolonged visit to Palestine. He points out that the #ain reason for the hatred of the Arabs for the Jews is to be found in the conflict between a primitive people and a higher organized human ##pe, while the attitude of the English ###litary force reminds him of the incomprehensible inactivity of the Roman ###gions in the time of Christ.
Werfl is greatly enthusiastic over the last five years of tremendous growth in the Jewish work of upbuilding. As a non-Zionist he advises the Zionists to drop the Wailing Wall issue as the life problem of Jewry, to pursue the policy of the Brith Shalom regarding a parliament and the recognition of the Arabs’ majority rights, even if this leads to a considerable limitation in immigration.
Although he is embittered at the Jewish Nationalists, after hearing the descriptions of the savage Arab atrocities, Werfl is nevertheless convinced that in the course of time both highly-gifted people will learn to reach an understanding and also that the Arabs will later admire the grand cultural achievements of the Jew.
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