The State Journal-Register · Springfield, Illinois · 3 December 1947
CP-1947-013
Partition Of Palestine

Transcribed from the clipping
“Although the partition of Palestine by the United Nations general assembly reflects the two-thirds majority of world thought on the troublesome Middle East, there is danger in the violent resistance of the Arab minority that the decision will precipitate serious upheavals in the Moslem world… It becomes the responsibility of the Jews in Palestine to liberalize their own policies of employment, religious tolerance and social practice. Political autonomy and economic prosperity can continue for any state only when that state is neighborly and eager to improve relationships with other sovereign powers.”
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Unsigned, so this is the paper arguing in its own voice four days after the vote.
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"Partition Of Palestine," The State Journal-Register, 3 December 1947. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1947-013. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1947-013
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- Arabs Forced To Evacuate HaifaThe State Journal-Register · 23 April 1948 · the same newspaper
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- 'America Should Lead in Solving Palestine Problem'Elmira Star-Gazette · 1 January 1947 · the same year
- Forcing Palestine to Become a World Problem(newspaper unidentified) · 1 January 1947 · the same year
- UN Turns Down Pleas of ArabsNews-Record · 13 May 1947 · the same year
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