Ihe Balfour declaration which promised the Jews a national home in Palestine was. I am sure. never conceived by the author of that declaration as establishing an arbitrary eminent domain over Arab lands. or a military and economic base which would arouse suspicion of intended expansion. The first great evidence of misjudgment was that the Arabs became in their turn refugees and displaced persons. fleeing from lands which had been theirs for centuries. These now live in misery on the borders of Israel. are supported at a low level of subsistence by contributions from the outside. and protest. by their continued existence. the injustice of the expropriations to which they have been subjected. This is what the Arabs have experienced.
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