27 JUNE 1952, Page 16

Israel at the Crossroads

Sul,—May I be permitted to add one remark to your note in the Spectator of June 20th ? The population of Israel when it was estab- lished on May • 15th, 1948, was -some 650,000 Jews and some 70,000 Arabs. The population of Israel on the last available date was approxi- mately 1,417,000 Jews and some 180,000 Arabs. Could I,suggest that some of our difficulties, if not all of them, are due to this large-scale influx of immigrants from the four corners of the earth, and edd that the doors of Israel continue to be open to any immigrant who wants to come 7—Yours faithfully,

MICHAEL ARNON,

18 Manchester Square, W.1. Press Attaché, Legation of Israel.