Word: jerusalem
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Palestine is our own country." " Down with Zionism! " " Long live Mustapha!" These were some of cries heard at Jerusalem during an Arab procession in celebration of " Nobi Moussa "-the Prophet Moses. Several people were arrested...
...scathing denunciation of the Government's policy in Palestine was given by the editor of the London Daily Express. Commenting upon the fact that trying to find a Jew in Jerusalem is like trying to find a needle in a haystack, he said: "They are drops in the Arab ocean." Referring to the Government of Palestine, he remarked: "They are a cryptic hierarchy of esoteric oligarchs guarded by British bayonets, British aeroplanes and British armored cars...
...correspondent of the same paper, at present on a visit to Palestine, condemns the Zionist movement as "an act of British folly." Describing a visit to Jerusalem, he says: "The sad little Zionist settlements are bankrupt; they live on foreign alms. They were built upon a fantastically uneconomic foundation. The opulent dreamers of an exiled Jewry have grown weary of pouring their donations into an insatiable soil of a thirsty land. Without the largesse of rich American and European Jews, Zionism cannot live an hour longer...
...Chaim Weizmann, President of the World Zionist Organization: "At a dinner in New York, I suggested that Jerusalem might become the seat of the League of Nations...
...Judaea Capta is a picture of Titus coming back to Rome with the spoils of conquered Jerusalem-including the captive daughters of Israel. Some nude Bacchantes are included for purposes of contrast...