August 1939 The League of Nations and The White Paper of May 1939
The League of Nations
The Permanent Mandates Commission Criticizes The White Paper of May 1939:
“IT SHOULD ALSO BE REMEMBERED THAT THE COLLECTIVE SUFFERINGS OF ARABS AND JEWS ARE NOT COMPARABLE, SINCE VAST SPACES IN THE NEAR EAST, FORMERLY THE ABODE OF NUMEROUS POPULATIONS AND THE HOME OF A BRILLIANT CIVILIZATION, ARE OPEN TO THE FORMER, WHEREAS THE WORLD IS INCREASINGLY BEING CLOSED TO SETTLEMENT BY THE LATTER.”
Source: Political Report of the Executive of the Jewish Agency. Submitted to the Twenty-First Zionist Congress and the Sixth Session of the Council of the Jewish Agency at Geneva. (p.12); p.229 of the Minutes
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