The Brith Hachayal, a Jewish war veterans’ organization which is affiliated with the New Zionist Organization, today made public an offer to the War Office to enlist in the British Army for service in Palestine.
The veterans also offered, on behalf of its members in England and other countries, to reorganize the Jewish Legion which played an important role in the conquest of Palestine by the late Lord Allenby during the World War.
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