THROWING JEWS TO THE LIONS.

Chronicle (Levin), 3 May 1946, Page 5

THROWING JEWS TO THE LIONS.

JERUSALEM, May 1. Tho Palestine Arab Higher Committee has callod a striko for May 3 as a protest against tho British-Ameriean (Committee's I'alostino roport, and has invitod neigl/bouring Arab States to de-° i-la rc sympathy strikes. "The Palestine Committee is throwing a few million Jews into Ihe lion's mouth of 70,000,000 Arabs. Tho report is complete liypocrisy, and it is imposslble for any Arab nation to aceept the rccoiiimondatious," said the hoad of the Moslom Brothers (Sheikh Hassal oi Banna), speaking in Cairn. He added, "The Western Piiwcrs. with ill-will agahist tho Jews, want to got rid of them. instoad oi' finding them rofuge in Europe, they are sending the Jews to Palestine, where 'flioy will meet their ond." Shoikh Banna said the Moslom Brothers were pi'otesting to the countries coneoriied and to Unitod Nations. Apart from a half-hoartod wolcomo for the proposal for large- ; seale imniigration, Jowish reaotion to tho Palestine report still ! ava its a lead from the Jowish Agency. which is the .soimdingrbpgrd i'or Jowish piibltc opinion, says Reuler's JoiuisaIem.;e'ohi:espd-ndent. ; Tio adds that flfg roport in tho main is soon as side-sfeppmg both the | .Jowish and the Arab political elaims. A spokesman for the "New Zionist Organisation" said "the f'niiolusions in tho Palestine report wero not coiisistent with tho faots ostablishod in it, which pointed to tho neod for immediato iiia> Jowish imniigration of over 1,000,000. Thoro wero no lands I apart from Palestine to aocopt Jews. The N o w Delhi corrospondent of tho Associatod Press qnotes i Mr. Jinnah as saying that-.the llosloms would not take lying down | any plan to carry into effeet the "monstrous" reoommendations of j ihe Palestine re])ort. Mr. Jinnah added: "This is a very gross i he'vayal of the promises to the Arabs."