The report that Arabs have lodged a complaint with the international tribunal at the Hague against the Palestine government for permitting the transfer from Arab groups to Jews of the concession to develop the Huleh swamps in Palestine is a false alarm, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency was informed today.
No such complaint has been lodged. The report was based on a resolution adopted by a “conference” of Arab youth in Palestine to stir up propaganda against the Huleh deal. The “conference” was attended by only fourteen Arab youths.
Palestine authorities today discounted the possibility that any complaint will be lodged with the Hague tribunal. Not only was the resolution of the fourteen youths considered without significance, but it was also pointed out that transfer of the Huleh plain to the Jews is in agreement with all existing international regulations.
The organization which now holds the concession for the Huleh area is the Palestine Land Development Company, which acquired it from the previous owners, the “Syro-Ottoman Agricultural Company,” a partnership of several Beirut families which had held it since 1914. The area of the concession is 57,000 metric dunams land, including the Lake of Merom, which covers at present 17,000 dunam. It is expected that after drainage of the swamps in the area not less than 37,000 dunam of fertile soil will be made available for Jewish settlement.
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