The New York Times declares in commenting editorially today on disorders in Palestine that since neither the Jews nor the Arabs, “no matter what the pretensions of extremist leaders, can reasonably look forward to sole control over Palestine,” the only solution is Arab-Jewish cooperation.
The New York Post states in an editorial that all authorities agree that Palestine has been aided by Jewish immigration and that Jewish development “has freed the Arab peasant from dependence on the great Arab landlords and raised his wages. The editorial adds that “here, and in the levers offered by fanaticism, is the root of the anti-Jewish agitation.”
The Times editorial traces the disorders to religious, cultural and national differences and Moslem fanaticism aggravated by the clash between “the inertia and conservatism of an economically backward people” and the “thrust of expanding, energetic newcomers.”
Awakening nationalism throughout Asia has helped to make the Arabs more receptive to the portrayal of Jews by their leaders as a menace, the editorial declares.
The Arab strike against Jewish immigration and sale of land to Jews, the Times states, “is a direct challenge to the Zionist program of enlarged immigration; it is no less a challenge to the Mandatory Power.”
Pointing out that Jewish development of agriculture, industry and natural resources in Palestine has aided the Arabs, the editorial holds that “this record gives basis for hope that with leadership on both sides which stresses the need for working together in practical ways, the so-called imponderables would become less important than they appear today.”
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