PALESTINE AND THE ARMY SiR,—Your headnote to the article "
Palestine and the Army " by " an Airborne Officer " states that " it represents a point of view which ought not to be denied expression," as though the point of view expressed was one held only by a small minority and one which it was not altogether decent or conventional to hold. Believe me, the article is absolutely true, and a very fairly drawn picture of the views held by the average British soldier in Palestine at the present time. Recently returned from a staff appointment at a headquarters in Palestine, at which I had good oppor- tunities of appreciating all shades of opinion, I can most emphatically endorse the writer's opinion that the greatest enemy to Zionism is the Palestinian Jew himself. In view of the number of British troops now in Palestine this is a factor not without weight, and those of us who have gauged opinion on the spot must be forgiven if sometimes we appear a little intolerant of the high-sounding phrases of Zionism as uttered in London or New York.—I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
Union Club, Carlton House Terrace, S.W. z. E. M. SANDERS.
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