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From Labor Action, Vol. 11 No. 1, 6 January 1947, p. 7.
Transcribed & marked up by Einde O’Callaghan for ETOL.
Dear Editor:
In the recent news item Gates Discusses Palestine Issue at Philly Forum he is reported to have offered the Jewish masses friendly advice. “If the Jews were to approach the Arabs with a friendly, internationalist, socialist attitude, they could overcome the propaganda of the reactionary Arab leaders.”
It seems that every time a WP spokesman lectures on the question there almost always seems to be forthcoming a ONE-SIDED, UNILATERAL DEMAND directed to the Jewish masses to recognize Arab rights. Seldom, if ever, is there forthcoming a parallel demand directed to the Arabs to give up their opposition to the democratic right of the homeless Jewish masses to enter Palestine. Why?
Is the undeniable right to majority self-rule a more important democratic demand than the life and death need of hundreds of thousands of persecuted and homeless Jews for refuge and security?
Why not direct a demand to the Arabs that they approach the Jews “with a friendly, internationalist, socialist attitude”?
A little equality of treatment seems to be in order.
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