A description of the work of the Mizrachi youth movement was given at last night’s evening session by Harry Karp, vice-president of the Mizrachi Youth organization.
The Mizrachi youth, who number 30,000, perfect the work of the adult organization by looking after not only the religious and cultural aspects of Palestine, but through participation in every phase of the rebuilding of Palestine, he said.
Rabbi Berlin was a leading speaker at the evening session. He lauded the efforts of Heschel Farbstein of Poland, member of the Zionist Executive, to bring into Palestine as many Jews from the middle classes as possible.
The world Mizrachi head expressed opposition to making Palestine a bi-national state, belonging to Jew and Arab alike. “We say that Palestine was Jewish and it must remain Jewish. We do not want to drive out the Arab but we insist on a Jewish majority. The Mizrachi does not come like others to experiment in Palestine. We want to bring Jews and build it and later experiment.”
He expressed strong opposition to the proposed introduction of an income tax, declaring: “We stand on the watch to offer a counter-attack to every attempt on the part of the government to introduce an income tax in Palestine.”
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