PALESTINE FOR JEWS

Grey River Argus, 11 January 1944, Page 5

PALESTINE FOR JEWS

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(Rec. 11.40.) LONDON, Jan. 10. The Jerusalem correspondent of the Associated Press of Great Britain reports: At a Jewish Labour Party conference here strong opposition was voiced against the Macdonald White Paper which urged the limiting of the Jewish immigrationinto Palestine. Any kind of political partition in Palestine was also opposed. Speakers, including Ben Gurion; and Katz Nelson, contended largescale Zionist immigration into Palestine, within the framework of a comprehensive Middle East development scheme, would benefit Palestine. Thev also contended it would benefit the Arabs in the Middle East, and that it would contribute to a better understanding between Jews and--A-Pcibs Most of the speakers expressed the') view that political automony for the Jew s in Palestine, and also represen-i tation of their State or their Commonwealth in a post-war international body, would be necessary.