The Sixteenth Zionist Congress at Zurich voted to transfer the control of the upbuilding of Palestine from the World Zionist Organization to an Extended Jewish Agency composed equally of Zionists and “non-Zionists.” A full account and interpretation of the proceedings by a nonpartisan observer.
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