Immoderate Arabs
From Mr Percy Gourgey
Sir: In referring to the right of self-determination for the inhabitants of Palestine (Letters, 23 February) Piers Paul Read overlooks the fact that this was offered by the UN General Assembly on 29 November 1947 in its most important resolution ever on the Middle East conflict. This was adopted and provided for the partition of Palestine, then under British mandate, into an Arab state and a Jewish state. While the Jewish Agency accepted it, the Arab states totally rejected it and invaded Israel to destroy her. If the Arabs had been moderate and accepted the plan, there would have been an Arab state and a Jewish state coexisting alongside each other. There were other opportunities that the Arabs regrettably missed.
Percy Gourgey
Richmond. Surrey
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