A Historical Survey of Proposals to Transfer Arabs from Palestine 1895 - 1947
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A Historical Survey of Proposals to Transfer Arabs from Palestine 1895 - 1947 by Chaim SIMONS "The Zionist Crime" Collection Gengis Khan Publishers Ulaan Baator Internet 2004 Chaim SIMONS : Proposals to Transfer Arabs from Palestine ————————————————————————————————————— A Historical Survey of Proposals to Transfer Arabs from Palestine 1895 - 1947 by Rabbi Dr. Chaim Simons P.O. Box 1775 Kiryat Arba Israel Tel: 02-9961252 , Copyright 1998 Chaim Simons Latest Revision: 3 June 2003 First displayed on Internet by the Author in 1998. Gengis Khan Publishers, for the ne varietur PDF Internet edition Ulaan Baator, February 2004. <[email protected]> CHAIM SIMONS was born in London in 1942. At the age of 20, he was awarded the degree of Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours in Chemistry and Physics from the University of London. Three years later he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry from the same University. At a later date, he was awarded a Bachelor degree in Educational Technology. He also possesses a Rabbinical Diploma and is a qualified teacher with decades of experience in Education, which includes the setting and marking of Matriculation examinations. In addition to his books on Population Transfer, Rabbi Dr. Simons is also the author of a number of papers on Rabbinical subjects which have been published in scholarly journals, and has prepared pupils workbooks which link together religious and scientific knowledge. — 2 — Chaim SIMONS : Proposals to Transfer Arabs from Palestine ————————————————————————————————————— Who said the following? 1) I favour compulsory transfer (of Arabs). I see nothing unethical in it. 2) The Jews ... will help in getting Arabs out of Galilee. 3) Palestine should be for the Jews and no Arabs should be in it. 4) Western Palestine should be handed over completely to the Jews, clear of Arab population... For the answers, read this book... you will get some surprises!! — 3 — Chaim SIMONS : Proposals to Transfer Arabs from Palestine ————————————————————————————————————— CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW SECTION 1. PROPOSALS BY INDIVIDUAL JEWS Theodor Herzl Herzl's Diaries Interpretations of Herzl's Diary Entry Herzl's True Thoughts Herzl's Letter to Al-Khalidi Herzl's Charter David Ben-Gurion Ben-Gurion's Transfer Proposals Enthusiastic Reaction to Transfer Proposal Ben-Gurion's Letters to his Son Amos Ben-Gurion's Plan to Transfer Arabs to Iraq The Early 1940s Ben-Gurion's Path to Pragmatism Chaim Weizmann Weizmann's First Transfer Proposal Weizmann and the British Colonial Secretary Weizmann's Letters Weizmann's Hints at Transfer Meeting with Leaders of the British Labour Party Meeting at New Court Attitude of Weizmann towards Transfer Nachman Syrkin Dr. Arthur Ruppin Leo Motzkin Akiva Ettinger Israel Zangwill Zangwill Perceives Arab Problem in Palestine Lecture to Fabian Society Zangwill's Conversation with Jabotinsky Zangwill's Article of May 1917 "Before the Peace Conference" Reactions to Zangwill's Article Editorial Comments in "The Jewish Chronicle" Lecture in Aid of War-Wounded "Zionism and the League of Nations" Zangwill's Address to Poale Zion Zangwill's Address to the American Jewish Congress Zangwill the "Most Consistent Advocate" Vladimir Jabotinsky Baron Edmond de Rothschild Felix Warburg Menachem Ussishkin — 4 — Chaim SIMONS : Proposals to Transfer Arabs from Palestine ————————————————————————————————————— Moshe Shertok (Sharett) Abraham Sharon (Schwadron) Berl Katznelson Yitzchak Tabenkin Dr. Jacob Thon Edward Norman Introduction Three Successive Versions of Norman's Plan Early Meetings Meetings with American Government Officials Bell's Second Visit to Iraq Unsolicited and Unwanted Help Norman and Rutenberg Attempts at a Pilot Plan Meeting with the British Colonial Secretary Further Contacts with American Officials Contacts with Bell Request by Bell for Permit to Travel to Iraq Change in Attitude of American Government Further Developments Remuneration to Bell Contacts with the American Government Resettlement Plan for Arab Refugees The Saltiel Proposal Emanuel Neumann Joseph Weitz Israel Sieff Ernst Frankenstein Victor Gollancz Eliahu Ben-Horin Israel Ben-Shem SECTION 2. PROPOSALS BY INDIVIDUAL NON-JEWS President Franklin D. Roosevelt Ex-President Herbert Hoover Hoover's Initial Proposal for Transfer Hoover's Statement to "World-Telegram" American Zionists' Reaction to Hoover Plan Iraqi Reactions Correspondence in "The New York Times" Meetings and Proposals on the Hoover Plan President Eduard Benes Mojli Amin, an Arab Ambassador William Bullitt High Commissioner Sir Arthur Wauchope Leopold Amery Sir Norman Angell Edwyn Bevan Ely Culbertson John Gunther Walter Clay Lowdermilk Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen Rev. Dr. James Parkes Reinhold Niebuhr Senator Claude Pepper — 5 — Chaim SIMONS : Proposals to Transfer Arabs from Palestine ————————————————————————————————————— Bertrand Russell . Harry St. John Philby The Plan and Initial Contacts Zionist Efforts Philby in Saudi Arabia Discussions with British Officials Discussions by the Jewish Agency Executive Colonel Hoskins' Visit to Saudi Arabia Further Discussions by the Jewish Agency Executive Real Attitude of Ibn Saud towards the "Philby Plan" The Namier-Baffy Plan SECTION 3. THE PEEL COMMISSION REPORT The Report Jewish Agency Discusses Transfer Reactions of American Jewish Press British Government Reactions to the Peel Report Bonne's Memorandum Mapai Central Committee Council of "World Unity" British Parliamentary Debates Permanent Mandates Commission League of Nations Twentieth Zionist Congress Jewish Agency Council Jewish Agency Committee for Transfer of Arabs Jewish Agency Executive Material Submitted to Woodhead Commission Retraction of Peel Commission Recommendations SECTION 4. THE RESOLUTION OF THE BRITISH LABOUR PARTY The Resolution How the Palestine Paragraph was Formulated The Attitude of Clement Attlee to Transfer Reactions to the Resolution Zionist Reactions The Correspondence Columns in the "Tribune" Editorial Reactions in the Jewish Press Labour Party Conference 1944 Change in Labour Party Policy The Resolution of the British Common Wealth Party SECTION 5. PROPOSALS BY THE REVISIONISTS American Resettlement Committee Lohamei Herut Israel (Lehi) SECTION 6. PLAN TO TRANSFER DRUZE FROM PALESTINE CONCLUSION NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY — 6 — Chaim SIMONS : Proposals to Transfer Arabs from Palestine ————————————————————————————————————— Abbreviations BGA Ben-Gurion Archives CZA Central Zionist Archives HH Herbert Hoover Presidential Library ISA Israel State Archives LSE London School of Economics Archives Mapai Labour Party (Mapai) Archives NA National Archives Washington PRO Public Record Office London SU Sydney University Archives WA Weizmann Archives — 7 — Chaim SIMONS : Proposals to Transfer Arabs from Palestine ————————————————————————————————————— I N T R O D U C T I O N What do Theodor Herzl, David Ben-Gurion and Chaim Weizmann, all outstanding Zionist leaders, have in common with such diverse personalities as U.S. Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover and British anti-Zionist Harry St. John Philby. All these statesmen - and many others - have advanced proposals for the transfer of Arabs from Palestine. These proposals are the subject of this book. One is sure to ask, how and when did I become interested in such a subject? It was during the 1970s when I was Director of Jewish Studies at a Jewish High School in the North of England. This was the period when Arab students at the various British Universities began to utilise the campuses to propagate anti-Israel propaganda. The Jewish students at the Universities were the first line of Israel's defense, but at the time they had not been briefed on how to answer the Arab students. I therefore brought out a booklet entitled "How to Answer Anti-Israel Propaganda" and this booklet was used with some success on the campuses. Whilst researching this booklet, I came across an anti-Zionist book which devoted a couple of pages to show that there had been various proposals in the past to transfer Arabs from Palestine. I must admit, that at the time, this came as quite a surprise to me, and I decided that when I had some time available I would look more deeply into the question. I assumed that there were just a few stray statements on this subject and that after I had researched them, I would publish an article on the topic. However, after I began research in 1984, I soon discovered that it was not just "a few stray statements" but that the transfer of Arabs from Palestine was definite policy not only of the Zionist leaders, but also of many leading individual non-Jews (including some who were pro-Arab!), non-Jewish organisations and even some Arabs. The material I uncovered during my research was sufficient for a book and in 1988 my book "International Proposals to Transfer Arabs from Palestine, 1895-1947, A Historical Survey" was published. There is no end to research! I therefore continued to research this subject and discovered additional information. This was especially so in the case of Edward Norman's transfer plan, and therefore at the beginning of 1991, I published an expanded version of this section of my book under the title "Edward Norman's Plan to Transfer Arabs from Palestine to Iraq." Further research merited the bringing out a supplement to my book (of 1988) and this was published in January 1993. In May 1994, I combined and integrated all the material appearing in my various books on this subject, and