Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle · Milwaukee, Wisconsin · 14 June 1949
CP-1949-005
Criticize Vatican for “Meddling” in Jerusalem Issue
Arab Knesseth Member Blames Arab States for Refugees’ Plight
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Tel Aviv
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Transcribed from the clipping
“One of the high points of the debate was an attack on Britain and the Arab states for their responsibility for the plight of the Palestine Arab refugees by one of the two Arabs in the Knesseth, Seif el Din el Zabi… On the other hand, El Zabi took issue with the official government position that the Arab refugees must not be readmitted to Israel because of the security risk involved.
He insisted that after experiencing life in the Arab states, the refugees would make the most loyal of citizens of Israel… In conclusion, the Arab deputy appealed to the Arab states not to use the refugees as ‘pawns.’”
Context added by this archive
An Arab member of the Israeli parliament, quoted in a Milwaukee Jewish weekly, making the leaders-are-to-blame argument and rejecting the security argument in the same speech.
Cite this clipping
"Criticize Vatican for “Meddling” in Jerusalem Issue," Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, 14 June 1949, p. 1. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1949-005. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1949-005
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