Book details: ANTI-PARTITION ISSUE- THE PRO-PALESTINE HERALD: A PERIODICAL DEDICATED TO GENTILE-JEWISH COOPERATION, VOL. VI. NOS. 6-11
$US 200.00
Pro-Palestine Herald Publishing Co. [Winston Churchill]
ANTI-PARTITION ISSUE- THE PRO-PALESTINE HERALD: A PERIODICAL DEDICATED TO GENTILE-JEWISH COOPERATION, VOL. VI. NOS. 6-11
Imprint: New York, Pro-Palestine Herald Publishing Co., 1937
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
First edition. Original illustrated green paper wrappers with intricate images of farming, scholarship, industry, and sheep herding, amongst others in blue ink. 4to. 36 pages; 30 cm. A Holocaust-era Philo-semitic journal, this issue includes more than a dozen articles by various authors, a letter to the editor of the New York Times, and a monthly chronicle. Winston Churchill writes one of the articles entitled “Why I Am Against Partition. ” Topics include “Double Cross De Luxe, ” “Palestine-A Protest, a Prospect and a Compromise, ” and “Myth of Pan-Arabia, ” amongst others. “The proposed Jewish area at present has almost as many Arabs as Jews. These it is proposed, by peaceful lawful methods, gradually to extrude. Such a process will certainly be attended with friction and possibly with reprisals by the Arabs upon Jews who wish to dwell in the Arab zone. Here is an almost limitless vista of dangerous incidents, any one of which, under the conditions described, may become the cause, or be made the pretext, of hostile action. ” Includes 8 black-and-white headshots, 3 full-page maps of Palestine and the surrounding areas, and a political cartoon. Back cover of the periodical includes “Principles and Program of the Pro-Palestine Federation of America. ” SUBJECT (S) : Zionism, Partition, Inter-faith. OCLC lists 4 holdings worldwide (NYPL, Harvard, Cleveland Pub. Lib, UVA) . Very minimal markings. Slight toning, particularly on edges. Very good + condition. (zion-12-20) xx
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