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June 1924
THE CHOSEN PEOPLE—THE LAND— AND THE BOOK Jewish News Notes Compiled by J. A. Vaus, Supt. Jewish Department, Bible In stitu te of Los Angeles A Notable Declaration. Under the above title the “Jewish Chronicle” sta te sr-1- “The answer given by the Colonial Secretary to a P arlia m entary question addressed to him in reference to the policy of the new Government in Palestine, forms a notable declaration. We are not sure th a t it is not in many respects the most im po rtan t th a t has been made by the B ritish Government since th è famous one issued by Lord Balfour in November 1917. Mr. Thomas said: “H is M ajesty’s G overnm ent h ave decided, a fter carefu l con sid eration o f a ll th e circum stan ces, to adhere to th e p olicy of g iv in g effect to th e B alfou r D eclaration of . 1917, under w h ich G reat B ritain undertook to prom ote the esta b lishm en t in P a le stin e of a N ation al H om e for the J ew ish people, it b eing ca refu lly understood th a t n o th in g should be done to prejudice the c iv il and relig io u s rig h ts of other com m u n ities in the co u n try. A s th e H ouse is aw are, th e p olicy w a s em bodied in the M andate for P a le stin e w h ich w a s approved by th e L eagu e of N a tio n s.” T hat is a clear and distinct promise th a t the adm inis tratio n of P alestine will be carried out by the Government in th e term s of, and subject to the purpose of, the Mandate. Nothing more, and in the circumstances nothing b etter could be looked for by the Jews in an official indication of what th e Government intends concerning the fu tu re of P alestine in relation to our people. I t is to be hoped th a t nothing will occur to induce the Government to lapse from th e definite and unm istakable policy thus set forth, and, on th e other hand, it is to be hoped th a t the Jewish people will do every thing th a t is possible to support the Government in its present expressed purpose. To th is end there devolves an undoubted task upon the Zionist Organization, so th a t in its dealings w ith the Government it may speak to the tone of Mr. Thomas and no t to th e tun e of Mr. W inston Churchill. But, over and above th at, th ere is the obvious duty th a t rests upon, the Jewish people as a whole. It is for them to do th e ir p art in response to the declared in tention of which Mr. Thomas has given official confirma tion .” P alestine Under the Reviving Touch of th e Jew. Prof. Edward Mead, foremost colonization au tho rity in the world, under the above heading, in a recent number of “The New P alestine,” says: “For centuries P alestine has been a shadow of its glor ious past, not because it lacked resources, bu t because of lack of support for the needs on which progress and civiliza tion depend. The only use th e Arab had for a tree was to cut it down; for a school to close it. One finds in Jaffa an Arabic city of fifteen thousand people which looks as though the only change in a thousand years has been to make the houses a little blacker. Alongside is th e modern city of Tel-Aviv, also of fifteen thousand people. There is nothing w ith which to compare th is on th is planet except w ith th a t marvel o f confidence and vision called Los Angeles.” “New York Jew ry Alone Could Rebuild P alestine— a beau tifu l P alestine.” Dr. Chaim Weizmann, foremost leader of Zionism is credited in “The New P alestine” w ith th e above statem ent, and fu rth e r adds: “New York, the g reatest Jewish community in the world, could alone build up P alestine—a n d a beautiful Palestine. And what New York Jew ry does today in th is campaign will be of marked significance in the continued development of our Homeland. The fate of a Jewish P alestine is in your hands; for th is is the vital year of our work. The eyes of the Jewish world are tu rn ed toward America and P alestine expects th a t New York Jew ry will do its duty.” “P alestine w ill be R ebu ilt” so speaks Mr. David H. Brown, who led the last $14,000,000 appeal to the American Jew ish Relief Committee— as he joins the g reat campaign in New York to raise $1,500,000 for the P alestine Foundation Fund. (Continued on page 395)
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