Viktor Lutsky, Soviet lecturer in history writing in the Soviet Trade Union organ, “Trud,” criticized the Arab League for not “raising the question of the evacuation of British troops from Palestine” and for not cooperating with Jewish democratic organizations in a joint struggle for Palestine’s independence.
Outlining for the first time in the press the Soviet attitude towards the Arab League, Lutsky said; “According to our point of view, both reactionary and progressive elements are represented in the League. On the Palestine problem, as well as on Syria and the Lebanon, the League made a number of progressive demands, that did not take up a position of consistent and genuine defense of Arab national interests in all their volume, did not raise the question of evacuation of British troops from Palestine, and has not established cooperation with Jewish democratic organizations to carry on a joint struggle for Palestine’s independence.
“The Soviet Union’s attitude to the Arab countries stems from its policy of supporting the rights of people to self-determination and to the free development of national minorities,” he added.
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