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PALESTINE COMMISSION END OF THE BOYCOTT EVIDENCE TO BE HEARD By Telegraph—Press right (Received January 7, 5.5 p.m.) JERUSALEM. Jan. f? Influenced by King Ibn Saud of Arabia and King Ghazi of Irak the Arab Higher Committee has ended the boycott on the Royal Commission, which now is prolonging its stay to hear Arab witnesses. The members of the Royal Commission on Palestine left England on November 5 for the Near East. Shortly afterward it was announced that the British Government would not' suspend Jewish immigration during the inquiry, and the Arab Higher Commission decided on the following day to boycott the commission. A manifesto was sent out urging Arabs not to co-operate with the commission. In spite of the intervention of the Emir Abdullah, the Higher Committee reaffirmed its decision. The High Commissioner, Sir Arthur Wauchope, informed the committee that there was no likelihood of i the British Government reversing its | Jewish immigration policy.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22621, 8 January 1937, Page 9
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