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Italy’s New Consul in Palestine Calls on Rabbi Meir; Discusses Zionism

May 23, 1927
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(Jewish Telegraphic Agency Mail Service)

Dr. Orazzio Pedrazzi, the new Italian Consul General in Jerusalem, known for his anti-Zionist attitude, paid a visit to Chief Rabbi Jacob Meir. In the course of the conversation, Dr. Pedrazzi said that no Italian could be opposed to Judaism. The Jews in Italy have always been free to exercise their religion.

With regard to the work of the Zionists in Palestine, Dr. Pedrazzi said that he had known very little of it before he arrived in the country; it was only now that he began to grasp its magnitude and its importance to the country and to the world at large. He proposed to make a tour of the country shortly, in order to see with his own eyes what the Jews have accomplished.

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