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Next month we are going to meet His Majesty's Government in London. We will meet there not only representatives of the British government.

Next month we are going to meet His Majesty's Government in London. We will meet there not only representatives of the British government.

We will meet there representatives of all Arab countries, but we meet there something more. Behind the Arab kings there lurks the shadow of Hitler. The British government and the British government for the last five years and my main job has been struggling with this government, but I am bound to say, they have not only fought, they have done something, and I must pay tribute, not only to what the Yishuv did, but also to the sacrifices of British soldiers and British policemen who fell in Palestine.  

We will meet there representatives of all Arab countries, but we meet there something more. Behind the Arab kings there lurks the shadow of Hitler. The British government and the British government for the last five years and my main job has been struggling with this government, but I am bound to say, they have not only fought, they have done something, and I must pay tribute, not only to what the Yishuv did, but also to the sacrifices of British soldiers and British policemen who fell in Palestine.  

This government would not go out of its way and bring in a few Arab kings who have no status in Palestine, who have no right to say what should happen to Palestine, they wouldn't go out of their way if they were faced only with the terror of the Mufti. They know that behind the terror of these little cowardly Arab fuehrers, there is the big Mufti in Berlin, and they are afraid of him, and when we are going to face next month the British government and the Arab kings, we will also face the most terrible enemy that we have in the world. He will not be there but his menace will be felt just the same. We were also willing to cooperate with our Arab neighbors in spite of this campaign of terror and bloodshed and we are willing to cooperate. There is no place for vengeance in our hearts and if there is any chance of building up a Jewish-Arab cooperation, I can promise you you will not miss it, but I must also tell you, on behalf of the executive who sent me over, that there is one point on which we cannot yield a single thing, and this is the question of our rights, the right of the Jewish people, to return to their historic homeland, what is called our right to emigrate to Palestine. We are going to London, not with a light heart. We do not underestimate the difficulties.</small></blockquote>

This government would not go out of its way and bring in a few Arab kings who have no status in Palestine, who have no right to say what should happen to Palestine, they wouldn't go out of their way if they were faced only with the terror of the Mufti. They know that behind the terror of these little cowardly Arab fuehrers, there is the big Mufti in Berlin, and they are afraid of him, and when we are going to face next month the British government and the Arab kings, we will also face the most terrible enemy that we have in the world. He will not be there but his menace will be felt just the same. We were also willing to cooperate with our Arab neighbors in spite of this campaign of terror and bloodshed and we are willing to cooperate. There is no place for [[vengeance]] in our hearts and if there is any chance of building up a Jewish-Arab cooperation, I can promise you you will not miss it, but I must also tell you, on behalf of the executive who sent me over, that there is one point on which we cannot yield a single thing, and this is the question of our rights, the right of the Jewish people, to return to their historic homeland, what is called our right to emigrate to Palestine. We are going to London, not with a light heart. We do not underestimate the difficulties.</small></blockquote>