Abraham L. Zissu, Rumanian Jewish leader, today announced that he is resigning as representative of the Jewish Agency for Palestine in Rumania, as well as from the presidency of the Palestine Office in Bucharest, which arranges the emigration of Jews from Rumania to Palestine.
His resignation, he told the correspondent of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, is in protest against the British White Paper which bars further Jewish immigration to Palestine except by agreement with the Arabs, and also as a protest against the failure of Zionist leaders to secure revocation of the White Paper. “Just now the emigration of Jews from Rumania and other countries to Palestine is more necessary than ever before,” he stated.
Mr. Zissu disclosed that British diplomatic representatives in Bucharest have asked him to prevent illegal immigration of Rumanian Jews to Palestine. “My answer was that all Jewish immigration to Palestine is legal and that the White Paper is illegal,” he declared.
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