July 23 1937, Arabs Say No to Jewish Homeland – State of Israel “The Jews on the other hand are a minority of intruders, who before the war had no great standing in this country, and whose political connection therewith had been severed for almost 2,000 years.  It is impossible to find either in logic or by the establishment of a so-called Jewish National Home” Source: Arab Higher Committee to the Permanent Mandates Commission and the Secretary of State for The Colonies, dated July 23, 1937(p4)