The Archive · 1938

Iraq Opposes Palestine

Partition Plan

Geneva, Sept. 19.

Iraqis opposed to the partition plan as the best solution of the Palestine problem, Tewhk Suwidy, Iraq Foreign Minister, told the League Assembly today.

He declared that the longer the solution acceptable to Arabs would be delayed the more dangerous would the situation become.

"My Government," the Foreign Minister said, "believes that the Commission that was recently sent to Palestine will realize that a partition of Palestine would neither be equity able or practical and hopes that the British Government, realizing the irreconcilable hostility of the Arabs to the partition plan, will fall in with this conclusion and will propose a solution likely to safeguard the rights of Arabs."—United Pret

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