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POALE ZION (Workers of Zion).

37. This is a small party consisting mainly of urban workers on the extreme left of Zionist socialists. Its views have much in common with communism, but it accepts basic Zionist principles and was therefore rejected when applying for affiliation to the Third International. It favours Yiddish (the mediaeval German with Hebrew and Slav admixtures spoken by sections of the Jewish population in Poland and Russia) as the national language. It polled about 3,000 votes at the last Histadrnth elections.

B. Parties of the Centre.

HITAHDUT ZIONIM KIALIM (Confederation of General Zionists). 38. A party of the Centre. It aims at the up-building of the Jewish national home on Zionist principles unadulterated by sectional interests or party ideologies; at Zionist unity; at a reconciliation of labour problems under national Zionist principles; at unified systems of education and the federation of labour. It is opposed to the theory and practice of class warfare and any other ideologies leading to separatist tendencies or internecine strife within the Zionist movement. The numerical strength of this party has declined. The central figure of Zionism, Dr. Chaim Weizmann, President of the Jewish Agency and of the Zionist Organisation, is known to sympathize with it, and prominent members of the executive of the Jewish Agency such as Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Dr. A. H. Silver and Prof. S. Brodetzky belong to its ranks; Dr. Nahum Goldman is also a member. The party has adopted the Biltmore Programme.

ALI'YA HADASHA (New Immigration).

39. This party, founded in 1942, consists mainly of immigrants from Germany and other Central European countries. It represents the interests of these immigrants; is opposed to maximalist slogans; advocates a business-like approach to the Palestine problem; and has rejected the Biltmore Programme. Its main tenet is the necessity for a steady continuation of constructive Zionist work and close cooperation with Great Britain. Some of its leaders advocate the continuation of the present mandatory system with improved facilities for immigration and close settlement on the land; others favour partition on the lines of the report of the Royal Commission. The party is supported by a distinctive group of agricultural middleclass settlements evolved largely by settlers from Germany, many

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