Friday, September 7, 1945 Page Three DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle Palestine's Land Problem Calls for Radical Solution if Solution of This Problem Is Main Purpose in Struggle for Eretz Israel's Future, Declares Noted Authority By DR. ABRAHAM GRANOVSKY EDITOR'S NOTE—The author of this article, who is a member of the Presidium and Managing Director of the Keren Kayemeth Le Israel in Jerusalem, is a renowned authority on the Palestine land question, having studied it for several decades and grappled with it on the scene in connection with the purchase of extensive land tracts as the property of the Jewish people. In this article he outlines the problem as it appears in the light of post war conditions and describes briefly the progress attained by the JNF during the war years. Palestine has not suffered di- rectly from war operations. As by a miracle, the Jewish Na- tional Home remained an island of peace in a storm-tossed sea, untouched by the flaming de- struction of the world conflict. Nonetheless, we in Palestine are confronted by the problems simi- lar to those that arise elsewhere. In some respects, perhaps, they present themselves to us in less urgent and acute form, though in others they may be even more difficult of solution, and call for greater efforts of thought and action. The extent of the difficulties and the measure of the efforts required depend to a considerable degree on the stabilization of the political conditions in Palestine. If the present political situation continues, those in authority here may perhaps be able to permit themselves to sit back quietly, without having to embark on the search for a solution to these baffling problems. But if that happens, the responsibilities rest- ing on the Jews will become much more heavy, for on no acocunt will they be able to agree to dis- continue their work and not to speed up its pace. As in the past, so in the future, we will, in such circumstances, have to engage in a hard struggle for every step forward. %% We hope, however, that there will be a radical change in the political status of Palestine, and that as a result of it, Jews will be given the opportunity of continu- This building donated by the family of the late Sol Rosenbloom of ing to build up the country as a Pittsburgh houses the Institute of Jewish Studies at the Hebrew National Home for the Jewish peo- University. ple. If our confidence is justified by I fronted after the war with the concentrate here on the land ques- events, the Government of Pales- same type of problem as will arise tion alone. Its solution in Pales- tine will have to carry out large- in other countries. For example, tine will require, as elsewhere, scale plans, and in the course of there is the need for reabsorbing the adoption of radical measures so doing, it will be confronted demobilized soldiers, a question and the elaboration of decisive by three main problems: (a) The which scarcely exists as far as the and far-reaching plans. Thus, in improvement of the position and Arab population is concerned. order to assure the future of the the satisfaction of the needs of growing Arab population, it will The solution of these three the existing Arab population; (b) be necessary to solve a number main problems is dependent on a The development of the existing of agrarian problems, which are Jewish population; (c) The crea- number of factors which have al- particularly complicated in the tion of opportunities for the ab- ready been referred to; the mo- Arab economy. bilization of the capital required; sorption of Jewish immigration For among the Arabs there is the preparation of instruments of on a large scale—the most vital a system of the ownership of production, and the technical of these three tasks. training of workers, etc. We shall (Continued on Page 12) From the point of view of the existing population, a fundamen- tal distinction must be drawn be- A Very Happy, Prosperous, Victorious, and Peaceful tween the respective needs of its New Year to All Jewish and Arab sections. 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