CESSATION DEMANDED

Chronicle (Levin), 14 March 1946, Page 5

CESSATION DEMANDED

JEWISH IMMIGRATION ARAB LEADER'S EVIDENCE JERUSALEM, March 12. The Arab leader, Jamai flussemi, who receiitly returned to .Paiestine , aiter eight years' exile, appearni0 be- ! iore the AugiorAmerican Comimssion on Paiestine today, deciared tnat the j C'onmiission had no rigiit to couduct its ! intpiiry, because the Arab case dia not ! need further investigation. He coinplainea that the Arabs' priucipai leader, rlie Grand n'liifti, was prevented from enjoying tne simple rignl of being in his country to defend its case, wnereas the Jewish invaaers eu joyed that right. Husseini ciaimed compiete independence for the Arabs in their own country, the ahandonment of the Zionist pontlcal aims, the abrogation of the Paiestine mandate, the establishment of Arab sovereignty and the immediate cessation of all Jewish immigration. Husseini said that in 25 years the piomu-tion of Jews to Arabs in Paiestny^aad risen from abont 7 per cent. v/ 'b. per cent. In the same periou the Je\.o had acquired about one-third oi the land suitable for cultivation. The Arah case was based on the natural right of a people to remam in undisturbed possession of their country, and had nothing in common with anti-Sem-itism. The solution of the problem was the establishment of an independent Arah State. withdrawal of'british. Unless some jnst solution coiua be found the only thing left would be for the British troops and police to he withdrawn, allowing the Arabs and the J ews to settle the matter themselves. He believtid that if this was done many of the Zionist hot-heads would realise that they had lost hope of attaining a Jew•ish State and would leave Paiestine by their own free will. The remaining Arabs and Jews would then settle down to peaceful lives. Solution of the problem of finding a home for homeless Jews must be sought elsewhere tlian in Paiestine. Mr. R, h. Crossman, British member

of the Commission, asked Husseini how the claim to opposition to Fascism could be substantiated when the Grand Mufti had.spent the period of the war in Germany. Husseini replied that the Grand Mufti had been chased from one country to another and had continued to do good work for the Arab nation while in Germany. Mr. Justice Singleton asked IJusseini if he agreed that it would be in the interests of the Arabs if the British troops withdrew from Paiestine. Husseini said that 60 per cent. of the Jews now under Zionist coercion would cooperate with the Arabs,