Speech #800156793

In 1917 Jewish hopes were raised in all parts of the world. It was thought that at long last here was the Jewish Magna Carta. By 1931 Transjordan was lopped off. in 1922 free immigration became immigration on the basis of economic absorptive capacity and Very properly. in 1933 land sales were restrictedThe implication of that remark is that the British Government obligated itself to facilitate the settlement of the Jews on the land in 1933. and forbade the Arabs to sell land to the Jews in parts of Palestine. The implications of that policy were utterly clear. They would not permit the Arabs to sell land to the Jews. although the Jews wished to buy.