USA / PALESTINE: Jewish and Arab representatives make their cases to UNO (1947)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Rabbi Silver speaking to United Nations Organization in favour of extended Jewish immigration to Palestine (Israel) and Henry Cattan arguing against the Balfour Declaration (which made a case for a permanent home for the Jewish people in Palestine, ie the foundation of the state of Israel). Full Description: USA: New York: Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver (Zionist Organization of America) and Henry Cattan (Palestinian lawyer and member of the Arab Higher Committee) making their cases to the delegates of the UN at a special sitting to discuss the Palestine Question. Background: Rabbi Silver speaking to United Nations Organization in favour of extended Jewish immigration to Palestine (Israel) and Henry Cattan arguing against the Balfour Declaration (which made a case for a permanent home for the Jewish people in Palestine, ie