MOSHE SHERTOK, 22 NOVEMBER 1947
The texture and spirit of their struggle is forever enshrined in a short speech made by Mr. Shertok on the 22nd of November:
“We wish to clarify one point. We have made a proposal which I see has not been adequately emphasized in the report of the sub-committee. We have proposed that the town of Beersheba and a certain area together comprising 300,000 dunamis should be taken out of the Jewish State and added to the Arab State. We have agreed too that two million dunamis in the southern Negev, adjoining the Egyptian border, should be joined to the Arab State and thus create a common frontier between the Arab State and Egypt. This is a considerable concession on our part in order to facilitate the establishment of the Jewish State. We ask you to remember that already in 1922 the first partition of Palestine was effected. We Jews have the right to settle in the whole of Palestine, but we believe that by our concession we are contributing to the solution of the Palestine problem.”
