Report to the ... Zionist Congress and to the Council of the Jewish Agency in ... · 1935-08-01 · 8.1935 · p. Seite 434

Session which took place in June, 1935, the Executive presented a detailed memorandum, accompanied by a covering letter, setting forth the development of the Jewish National Home during the preceding twelve months. 20. Both at the session in June, 1934, and also at that of October, 1934, a number of petitions were dealt with by the Mandates Commission. These included a considerable number of telegrams and petitions from Arab bodies in various parts of the world protesting against Jewish immigration into Palestine. The Commission considered, however, that, Avith regard to these, as with regard to a number of petitions from Jewish bodies appealing for a more liberal immigration policy, no special recommendation to the Council was called for. In addition, reference may perhaps be made here to a petition from the Executive of the Va'ad Leumi relating to the inequality of the treatment accorded by the Government to the Rabbinical Courts, as compared with the Islamic Courts of Palestine. In regard to this matter the Commission was of opinion that a definite inequality of treatment was disclosed, even though it did not amount to an infringement of any given clause of the Mandate. It was hoped, however, that the Mandatory Power would be able to find appropriate means for providing at least some parallel treatment in finance for the Jewish Courts. A further petition from the Brit Kibutz Galuioth raised the question with regard to immigration from Transjordan, in regard to which, however, no recommendation was made by the Mandates Commission. Finally, reference may be made to the petition from the President of the Central Committee of the Union of Zionists- Revisionists in Palestine, which pressed for the intervention of the Permanent Mandates Commission in favour of a radical revision of the principles of administration in Palestine as a preliminary to the creation of a Jewish State on both sides of the Jordan. This drew from the Commission the observation that "the petition does not fulfil the conditions of admissibility since it raises claims which are incompatible with the Mandate for Palestine." Poland. 21. As a result of the efforts of Dr. Sokolow, a pro-Palestine Committee was formed in Poland early in 1934 with the object of organising pro-Zionist sentiment in leading non-Jewish circles there. The Committee, which is under the chairmanship of Prince Lubomirski is non-party in character, and includes representatives of Poland's political, literary and cultural life. 22. Early this year a reception was given in London by Dr. Sokolow, as President of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, to the newly appointed Polish Ambassador in London, Count Raczynski, whose interest in Palestine had already been manifested by his support of the Polish-Palestine Committee. The reception was attended by, among others, the British Foreign Secretary, and the Secretary of State for the Colonies. 434