The preparations of the Arab League states to oppose the partition of Palestine by force include a plan to intern as enemy aliens any leaders of Jewish communities in Arab states suspected of harboring Zionist sympathizers, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency loarns. This report follows the recent visit to Baghdad, capital of Iraq, of Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha, secretary general of the Arab League.
It is not known for the present whether Egypt, with its population of 80,000 Jews, is prepared to go along with this scheme. Iraq, on the other hand, probably will, judging by the frequently expressed anti-Jewish sentiments of Emir Abdul Ilah, the Regent. Of all Arab states, Iraq has the largest Jewish minority , numbering more than 100,000, concentrated mostly in Baghdad.
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