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be sued. For instance, th e
boun- ' justice, etc. Each state would
daries between the states of New have its own capital.
would continue to profit by suchtional oppression impossible. It is
The time is approaching when York and Connecticut, or those
the fate of Palestine will be de-
The Government of the Com- immigration. The standard of !iv- a good solution not only for the
Virginia and Maryland, monwealth would consist of a ing of the Arabs was raised in Palestinian problem. It would also
cided. There is every hope that between
surprisin g proport• o
have hardly any other r t• 1
- , and better
the Jewish Commonwealth will be importance than to determine the Federal
Council with an equal earning opportunities
work anywhere in the world in
< rac t ed other states with mixed popula-
established there after the war. jurisdiction to which the individ- number of members elected in thousands
of
Arabs
from
neigh-
There is lesser hope that it will ual is submitted.
both states and presided over by boring countries to Palestine. tions. That is why it would be
be established without being op-
the representative of the manda- - Arabs, however, are afraid that, valuable to let this system be tried
Pick
Nationalit
y
posed by Arabs. The civil and po-
to•y power. It would be necessary though they would gain economi- out; and no place is better fitted
litical r i g it i s of the Palestine
Every person now living in Pal- — inevitable anyhow — that Eng- tally by Jew
ish immigration, they for such a trial than Palestine.
Arabs will be fully protected in estine, or permitted to enter for land's mandate over Palestine be I would lose politically.
The system
the Jewish Commonwealth. Most permanent residence in the fu- maintained for a number of years of "States without front' —"
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people, however, cannot believe
, ‘ou d file a declaration star-
e task of the mandatory power, would
remove such fear, since ,
that any national not belonging ing his nationality and to which however, should be limited to re- Jewish immigration
WRITES IMPORTANT BOOK I
would repre-
to the ruling nationality can be state he wishes to belong. This conciliation and arbitration of the sent no danger to the Arabs. The
satisfied in any state.
declaration would determine his differences b e t w e e n the states. Arabs could profit by the econom-
If, in the endeavor to satisfy citizenship. Thus those persons de- should such differences occur, and ic development of the country
the Arabs, we think of nothing daring their intention to belong to provision for the defense of without any danger of change in
else than the discredited methods to the Arabian State of the Jew- i the mandated territory.
their political or civil status. For,
of minority protection and guar- ish Commonwealth, would become I
Only Possibl e System
no matter how many Jews enter
citizens
of
A
r
a
b
i
a
n
P alestine, ! It is beyond the purpose of this Palestine, no Arab would be sub-
antees, an agreement satisfying
both parties is certainly hard to would pay state taxes and vote in article to go into details. "States jected to Jewish jurisdiction any-
visualize. However, we should not that state. Persons declaring their without frontiers" is the only pos- where in r alestine.
give up searching for new meth- intention to belong to the Jewish sible government system w h i c h
"States without frontiers" is a
ods, new ideas. The Arab prob- State of the J e w i s h Common- would assure equal rights to both
lem in Palestine combines grave wealth, would become citizens of Jews and to Arabs regardless of new idea, but it is the only system
dangers nor miss the opportunity. JewishPalestine, would vote only their number, and without divid- of government which makes no-
I present here a new idea for at the Jewish elections and pay ing Palestine. Whatever the num-
the solution of the Arab problem, state taxes to Jewish Palestine.
• s declaration of intention ber of Jews or Arabs in P I • , Compare Jewish
one which may seem bold to or-
, no Jewish authority would ever
thodox political scientists, but would be repeated annually with have jurisdiction over Arabs and And Arab Industries
which, like a magic formula, can the tax returns the individuals no Arabian authority would have
JERUSALEM (Z0A)—The fol-
perform miracles. The idea is: would file and which declaration . jurisdiction over Jews.
lowing table, comparing Jewish
atically would determine to
"States without frontiers."
If the system of "States with-
I propose a Jewish and an Arab which state the state tax would out frontiers" were introduced in and Arab industries as they were
state within the Jewish Common- go.
Palestine, t h e frontiers of t h e in 1942, is taken from the April
wealth in Palestine, without divid-
Neither the Jewish nor the Ara- Jewish Commonwealth could be issue of the Government Bulle-
ing the territory of Palestine. Ac- bian State in the Palestine Fed- fixed on the historical lines in- tin of Statistics:
cording to this plan, the Jewish eration would have jurisdiction eluding Transjordanta. There
Number of Undertakings: Jew-
Commonwealth would become a over nationals other than its own,
ou , of course, be no need for
ish 1,907; Arab 1,558.
union of two states, Jewish and and each state would have com- restriction of Jewish immigration.
Arab, both states being independ- plete
jurisdiction over all its na-
.
No Arab can deny that they Value of Production, Gross: Jew-
Dr. George Stefansky, noted author-
living anywhere within the profited economically by the Jew-
ent and sovereign, but both with- tions living
ish LP.29,040,679; Arab LP,
oil social and political scienee and
out geographically fixed frontiers. boundaries of the Jewish Corn- ish immigration and that they
5,658,222.
II:iltoernioi if, e(liie si:anr,c,elts of htehe R e t lfnuig u e 4e1
All the Arabs residing within monwealth. Each state would have
alatine Appeal, bas written a new
Palestine
Cost of Production Materials: P
the boundaries of the Jewish the sovereign right of making its
JLepw.1,h933L,4P2.9
Second
Oil
1.7,552,836; Arab Have a Future?" In this
Commonwealth would belong to own laws, and each state would Plan
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important
"Arabian Palestine," and all the use the money collected by taxa-
ipeline to Haifa
problem of uprooted
Jews residing within the bound- tion as it sees fit, providing for
HAIFA ( ZOA I —Work on the Value of Production, Net: Jew- Jews, Dr. Stefansky points out that
aries of the Jewish Common- t h e education of i t s nationals, construction
ish LP. 1 1,487,843; Arab LP. study
of a second pipeline
m
huanitarianis
solve the rein-
of
the cannot soe
wealth would belong to "Jewish
1,724,793.
problem and that the future sem-
—
-
from
the
Mosul
Oil
fields
to
Hai-
Palestine," neither state having
rity of the surviving Jews of Europe
HE LOOKS TO THE
fa is to begin at the end of the Number of Persons Employed: gee
separating frontiers.
can be achieved only through the es.
year. The new pipeline will be
The frontiers of the Common-
Jewish 37,773; Arab 8,804,
tabli,liment of a Jewish • Common.
J.
D.C.
FOR
HELP
wealth would be the common
of larger dimension than the
Number
of
Owners
of
Enterprises
wealth
existing (*le and will being to tho
frontiers of both stat7s. Not ter-
r andai7
in Pal author,
in Dr.
' d Sitig
tsefnanislIc yis
hed
•1 . Haifa oil refineries an annual
and their Dependents (includ- now serving as a member of the k grad.
ritory would be the object of the
2,573;
1
A
t
i
r
ew
abfo2
:
J
ish
r,
e
7
g4oling)
um , facto— of New York University,
sovereignty of both states, but
i flow of 4,000,000 tons of crude
individuals according to their re-
oil in addition to the 2,000,000
spective nationalities. Arabian
tons carried at present. The Hai-
Palestine would be an independ-
: fa refineries are to be considera-
ent, autonomous state with 1,200,-
bly enlarged.
000 Arab inhabitants (as of to-
day) and Jewish Palestine would
PALESTINIANS IN BURMA
be another independent, autono-
.1 JERUSALEM (ZOA )—Prof. G.
mous state with 750,000 Jewish
, Mayer of the Hebrew Univer-
inhabitants (as of today).
.• i sity is serving as chief of the
2 Sovereign States
,; i ' anti-malaria unit with the Bri-
It may be hard to visualize two
tish forces in Burma.
Asso-
state sovereignties in the same
I crated with him are Dr. Yoeli
territory. But do Americans liv-
, and Dr. Yaffe of the health ser-
ing in France lose their citizen-
: vices of the Vaad Leumi, Jew-
ship? Americans, wherever they
ish National Council of Pales-
live in the world, can remain
tine.
American citizens. American sov-
ereignty extends over them out-
Tel Aviv's Municipal Business
side of American territory. They
Tax was raised to a maximum of
have to pay taxes in America and
LP.25 as against LP. 12 hitherto.
can vote at American elections.
It is, of course, a bold, new idea
completely to separate a state
from a territory; but it is a dem-
Best Wishes For A
ocratic conception of the state to
consider it merely as a free as-
Happy
and Prosperous
sociation of individuals.
NEW YEAR
Dividing Palestine into two
states with fixed frontiers, would
create midget states, too small
After years of torture and terror he
for free development. To draw a has been released from a concentration
dividing line to the satisfaction of camp. He wants to go home, but he has
both Jews and Arabs, would be no home. Ile is looking everywhere for
HERMAN J. AGINS
absolutely imnossible. Any divid- family and friends. Destitute, penniless
and
ing line would leave foreign mi- and ill, his eyes are turned to the
AND FAMILY
norities within each state, and American Jewish community and the
would deprive each state of cities Joint Distribution Committee. They
7148 Thatcher
and places dear to the traditions arc his hope for survival.
of
each people. But if fixing a just
between the two states
IS boundary
impossible, then it seems the
most logical thing to refrain from
fixing boundaries at all.
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Boundaries within a federation
have but two practical purposes:
They
determine to which state the
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taxes nd in which state he can
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