Denunciation of the British policy in Palestine, particularly curtailment of immigration was voiced by Rabbi Meier Berlin, honorary president of the World Mizrachi Organization, before sailing for England. He asserted that “Palestine can easily absorb at least another million Jews.”
Upon arriving in London, Rabbi Berlin, who is a member of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, will confer on political matters with Dr. Chaim Weizmann.
Attacking the proposed legislative council, he said in an interview that “Great Britain has changed its front by sponsoring the legislative council–a council that has only advisory and no legislative powers. It will, however, tend to make the Jews a permanent minority.”
He asserted that “Jewry will fight the proposed council with every power at its command. We will appeal to the League of Nations and to the twenty-two nations which countersigned the document giving the Palestine mandate to Great Britain.”
Charging that reduction in labor immigration certificates indicated Britain’s “new attitude,” Rabbi Berlin compared Palestine’s population with the 7,000,000 of Belgium, approximately equal in area, to prove that the Holy Land has not reached its absorptive capacity.
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