“The Jew and the Arab have only one thing in common. They both know that Britain has undertaken to do the impossible in Palestine. The Bible promised Palestine to the Jews, the Koran gave it to the Arabs. Britain, with her infinite ability to compromise until the last possible moment, promised it to both Arabs and Jews… The Arab resents the Jew who made the desert burgeon with oranges and fruits and vegetables, just as the Bible said the children of Israel should do.”
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KEY WORDS: Moshe Sharett in British Palestine 1940,British High Commissioner Sir Harold Michael in 1940 Palestine, Haj Amin Al-Husseini Palestine Politics 1940,Cameron Highlanders in Jerusalem 1940,dr Chaim Weizman president of the World Zionist Organization 1940
