Palestine Arabs, Jews Live In Harmony In Embattled Holy Land: Mrs. Eskol

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ABSENTEE ARAB LEADERS INCITE STRIFE (Special to The Sunday News) By VIRGINIA CAMPBELL Sunday News Staff Writer The burning desire of Jews to make of Palestine a land in the democratic seeped ideals now enjoyed in America and build it into a clean, thriving country was told in eloquent fashion today by one the who but recently lived terrors of that embattled territory. woman The 15 young who traveling the length and breadth of the United States on a goodfor her fellow will mission Jews, reKlausner-Eskol, Mrs.

Alisa lated a story of "fascist-controlled warfare" In her native Palestine during • Sunday News Interview.

Palestine to are in bulld "We to transform land into • barren roductive and soil & home for hose who hold to the ideals of Eskol eXtrue democracy." Mrs. plained. her Blocking peoples* efforts to create a Jewish "where state is not the equality may reign," Her dream is to see Palestine a land where democracy can live in "but Arab, common she feels. their Mrs.

Alisa Klausner-Eskol told the hearts of Jew and Arab alike. who leaders Absentee pay Arabs to local Hadassah women and Internation Reitions Club ( UVM of Middle-Enst in battle "an obsession that has seised Jews to create beauty and high stanPalestine." dard of living In Palestine." She spoke In Burlinton Thursday and Asked if the Arab Jew could live peaceably side by side. as part of a good-will mission from coast to coast and says she Mrs. they Eskol exclaimed. plans to return to Palestine when she has done her beat to show "Why. are even now.

Arabs in Palestine. Americans the unconquerable spirit of herfellowJews.—sundar the common men, bear no malice News Staff Photo—Campbell.) They ask our help. we offer it. and are glad when we can show covery is the fervent hope of Jews| age' education and progress." them the way to finer education." in Palestine, Mrs. Eskol maintains.

"We shall continue to hold in "The so-called neutral policy of The undying hope of Jews of our hearts the hope that Ameri1s aid from the United States was the Brie.sh mearly an empty cans will sympathize our stand." she declared, pointing to with repeatedly stressed by this young struggle to create rich soll where Palestinian underground missionary.

British help from "We watch the United Nations. desert now exists and build a city sources for Arabian warfare. thriving with industry and equal "We distrust the British for its its deciston to partition Palestine. righta for all," Mrs. Eskol Asunfair encouragement of Arabian its indecision in fulfilling Its proserted.

"but mise, but never do we lose faith seh continued, aggression," Pointing to the endeavors of it 18 the foreign policy of that In the power of the United States the American Friends of Palestine we to see us through blame and not the country our dilemma," an organization in Committee, she declared. mass of Britishers." which she is an active worker.

Reason for this referred to invulnerable She "other days the attractive "good-wil!" mistrust in the United States, she exwhen we regarded the British as sionary echoed ita constant plea 1s awareness that the plained, when we fought our best friends. for a lifting of the arms embargo your country is still struggling to with them in war while the Arabs and setting up of an international maintain the Ideals, democratic struggled against us for Fascist police force in Palestine. very aims." we same goal are looking "Without this action we are toward." "Now." she deplored, "we see left defenseless," she atated.

"but That the United States will drag their government turning on peowith this strength we can go on the partition problem out of its ple who love the same principles new building communities and and hate the forces that discourhesitating stand into ultimate re-

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"Palestine Arabs, Jews Live In Harmony In Embattled Holy Land: Mrs. Eskol," Vermont Sunday News, 29 February 1948. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1948-142. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1948-142