Chairman. under permission granted me. I indlude bhe following excerpt from article in the Fortnightly. December 1944. by Sir John Hope Simpson. who was appointed by the British Government in 1930 to report on immigration and land settlement in Palestine: It is difficultindeed Impossibleto reconcile the provisions of this mandate with those contained in the Covenant of the League of Nations. under which it purported to be issued. which laid down that the wellbeing and development of the inhabitants of Palestine at the time of its occupation form a sacred trust for civilization. and that they could be provisionally recognized as an independent nation. subject to the rendering of advice and assistance by a mandatory. It is on these grounds. among others. that the Arab population has. from the earliest days of the mandate. claimed that the mandate is devoid of authority. They feel that Great Britain is exercising a mandate. not on behalf of the population of Palestine. but on behalf of a foreign powerthe Zionist organization of the world. They have seen that power pouring Jewish immigrants into Palestine by the tens of thousands. purchasing very large areas of land hitherto held by the Arabs. holding it under conditions which preclude resale. and leasing It only to Jews. and even to them only on condition that none but a Jew may be employed on the land so leased. It is no matter for wonder that the Arab community of Palestine lives in a state of constant fear of the possible conditions of an unknown future. The Jewish settlements In Palestine have been a remarkable achievement.
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