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VOLUME 12—NO.' I I
Weekly Review
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Detroit 26, Michigan, NoVember 28, 1947
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Analysis of
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Favorable UN Committee Vote
Clears Road for a Jewish State
By Jewish News Correspondent at UN
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LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y.—The prophecy of Isaiah---i"Tziyon
be-Mispat Sipodeh—Zion shall be redeemed with justice"—is
nearing realization. The favorable vote of the Ad Hoc Committee
on the Palestine Problem on the report of Sub-Committee 1,
which provides for the partition of Palestine into Jewish and Arab
states, at once augured certainty of an affirmative two-thirds vote
on the report by the. entire General Assembly, thus ending the
long-drawn-out issue over Palestine and leading to the re-estab-
lishment of Jewish statehood.
The favorable action by the Assembly was foreseen on Mon-
day night, when the Ad Hoc Committee voted down the report of
Sub-Committee 2 which recommended the establishment of a uni-
tary Palestinian state—a proposal which, in effect, would mean
the creation of a permanent Jewish minority under Arab rile. On
Monday night, the committee also defeated an Arab motion which
questioned the legality of the UN action on Palestine in favor of
Now in Zion-Soon Among UN Flags
a Jewish state. The path then was left completely open for favor-
able action on a Jewish ,state.
Interesting debates marked the - final actions of the Palestine
committee. United States and Russian delegates voiced strong
appeals for the majority UNSCOP report which was embodied in
the statement of SUb-Committee 1.
The vote to refer the issue to the International Court was by only a
one-vote margin, but the defeat of the unitary proposal was achieved by
- more than the two-thirds vote of 29 to 12, with 14 abstentions and two
absentees.
On the question of accepting further. Jewish immigration the committee
, voted 26 to .11. The vote on the. Arab' proposal that countries of origin
accept Jewish refugees was a tie and Chairman Evatt sent the issue to the
General Assembly.' Jewish observers warned that the latter resolution
also would affect German Jews who fled to other countries.
(Because of Thanksgiving, The Jewish News went to press before final word
arrived on the General Assembly's decision. Our correspondents at the UN in-
formed us over the long distance phone that Jewish Agency leaders were dis-
turbed over the possibility that the final vote may be one short of the two-thirds
vote. However, Jewish News observers are - certain that determined stands
taken by US and Russia will bring the desired result for a Jewish state.)
Hopeful Message From the UN
End of Jews' Statelessness
Assured at World Meetings
- By PHILIP StOMOVITZ
Jewish News Correspondent at the UN
For more than 40 years, this Flag, designed by the late David
Wolffsdhn, successor to Dr. Theodor Herzl as president of the World,
Zionist Organization, has been displayed at Jewish meetings Through-
out the' world. In the last 30 years, this Blue and White Ensign was
the emblem of the Jewish-State-in-the-Making , in Palestine. Today,
it is the recognized Flag of the Jewish State being fashioned by
the United Nations in Eretz Israel. In the course of time, it is des-
tined for a place of honor among The Flags of the nations of the
world, when Eretz Israel will become a member of the United Nations.
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y.—Jewish statelessne ss is nearing its end. In spite of sharply--drawn.
battle lines and attempts by enemies of the United Nations proposals for the establishment
of an independent Jewish state in Palestine to obstruct the efforts of World leaders in arriving
at a final and lasting solution of the Palestinian problem, we have come to the end of debates and
have reached the stage of international efforts to restore the nationhood of Israel in Eretz Israel.
Many hurdles remain - to be - overcome. The British government's obstructionist policies are
a segious handicap. U. S. Delegate Herschel V. Johnson found it necessary to accuse the British
of offering only "desultory help" in arriving at a solution of the problem, and the British rep-
resentative, J. 'M. Martin, was compelled to express regret over the U. "rebuke."
Delay after delay has characterized the wr angling at Lake Success. Nevertheless, a study
of the situation at first hand must lead us to the belief that another betrayal is inconceivable;
that the U. S.-Russian accord to the issue has brought about the first real unity • of great
powers in the UN and only by moving forward with the Palestine problem will confidence be
achieved by. world lea4rship; that a large num ber of small nations are deeply concerned that
justice should be accorded the long-suffering, homeless Jews of Europe who have no• other
place to go to but Palestine. -
Many dramatic incidents accompanied the final agreements which, in the main, follow
very closely the recommendations of the majority • of the United Nations Special Committee
on Palestine (UNSCOP). Plans for the final solution were being formulated not only by the
Ad Hoc Committee on the Palestine Problem, which was chosen by the UN General Assembly
on Palestine, but also by two special committees whiCh dealt with the specifically Jewish and
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DPs Await Fulfillment of Hope to Go to Palestine
The hour of redemption is approaching for the Jewish survivors in, Europe, and
hundreds of thousands await the signal to go to Eretz Israel. Among them are tens
of thousands of orphan'. The two Jewish orphans in the center first met on a Nazi
death train en route to an extermination camp in 1942. They were among' 100 out
of 12,000 aboard a transport that managed a miraculous escape. Now inseparable
friends, they recently completed another train trip—with 440 orphaned Jewish
youngsters who were brought by the Joint Distribution Committee from Romania
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to Holland. They are living in a JDC-supported children's village while awaiting
certificates to Palestine.
In the photograph on the right, the youngsters, en route to Holland, are shown
taking a brief rest as the train switches locomotives. On the left They are shown
piling out of the cars at their destination—at their ternpokary resting place on the
road to Zion. Their emigration to Palestine is being arranged by JDC, which receives
its support from the United Jewish Appeal.
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