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Government approves of the Commission's plan
Thursday July 8, 1937
The Guardian
"Partition of Palestine between Arabs and Jews and the termination of the mandate are recommended by the Royal Commission, whose unanimous report is published to-day.
The British Government, in a statement of policy, also issued to-day, accepts the proposal. Partition on the general lines recommended 'represents,' it believes, 'the best and most hopeful solution of the deadlock.'
After a transitional period it is proposed to set up two sovereign independent States - an Arab State composed to Trans-Jordan and that part of Palestine allotted to the Arabs, and a Jewish State consisting of the part of Palestine allotted to the Jews.
Jerusalem and Bethlehem, with a corridor to the sea, would form part of a small enclave to be reserved under a new British mandate. Jaffa would form an outlying part of the new Arab State."
Government approves of the Commission's plan
Thursday July 8, 1937
The Guardian
"Partition of Palestine between Arabs and Jews and the termination of the mandate are recommended by the Royal Commission, whose unanimous report is published to-day.
The British Government, in a statement of policy, also issued to-day, accepts the proposal. Partition on the general lines recommended 'represents,' it believes, 'the best and most hopeful solution of the deadlock.'
After a transitional period it is proposed to set up two sovereign independent States - an Arab State composed to Trans-Jordan and that part of Palestine allotted to the Arabs, and a Jewish State consisting of the part of Palestine allotted to the Jews.
Jerusalem and Bethlehem, with a corridor to the sea, would form part of a small enclave to be reserved under a new British mandate. Jaffa would form an outlying part of the new Arab State."
posted 3/04/2007
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