Jewish Plan For Palestine

Chronicle (Levin), 15 August 1946, Page 5

Jewish Plan For Palestine

Press Assn

K0PES FOR END1NG IMPASSE

By Telegraph

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Received "Wednesday, 10 p.m. NEW YORK, August 14. A plan i'or partitioning Palestine, 1'ormulated by the Jewisli Agency at a Paris meetings Las heen given serious consideration by the United States Gov.ernment, says the New York Times' Washington correspondent. It is understood the plan, with modifieations, will He ineluded in President Trnman's reply to Britain on the federation statement Members of the American Cabinet Committee 011 Palestine i'eel the plan offers a practical solutioij, to the preseiit impasse between Jews and Arabs and between Ameriea and Britain. . The plan generally contemplateft turning over to the Jews for development and settlement, all oi Galilee, Xegev, the central Jordan Yalley and its eontiguous 11101111tain region. I11 addition the plan gives'the Arabs all Samaria with Jaffa and leaves open to negotiation the (|iiestion of a corridor eon neeting Samaria and Jaffa with other Arab regions. Provision would also lie niade for the •eontinued use of stipulated areas as British Moditerranean hases hut Jewish and Arai) communities would on jov eomplete self-govoru-ment indcpeiident of Britain.