פורום ארץ הצבי

Whereas the Principal Allied Powers have also agreed
that the Mandatory should be responsible for putting into effect the declaration originally made on November 2nd, 1917, by the Government of His Britannic Majesty, and adopted by the said Powers, in favor of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, it being clearly understood that nothing should be done which might prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country

The Mandatory shall be responsible for placing the country under such political, administrative and economic conditions as will secure the establishment of the Jewish national home, as laid down in the preamble, and the development of self-governing institutions, and also for safeguarding the civil and religious rights of all the inhabitants of Palestine, irrespective of race and religion.

The Mandatory shall, so far as circumstances permit, encourage local autonomy.

The Mandatory shall be responsible for seeing that no Palestine territory shall be ceded or leased to, or in any way placed under the control of the Government of any foreign Power.

The Administration of Palestine, while ensuring that the rights and position of other sections of the population are not prejudiced, shall facilitate Jewish immigration under suitable conditions and shall encourage, in co-operation with the Jewish agency referred to in Article 4, close settlement by Jews on the land, including State lands and waste lands not required for public purposes.

Respect for the personal status of the various peoples and communities

In the territories lying between the Jordan and the eastern boundary of Palestine as ultimately determined,

In this connection it has been observed with satisfaction that at a meeting of the Zionist Congress, the supreme governing body of the Zionist Organization, held at Carlsbad in September, 1921, a resolution was passed expressing as the official statement of Zionist aims ''the determination of the Jewish people to live with the Arab people on terms of unity and mutual respect, and together with them to make the common home into a flourishing community, the upbuilding of which may assure to each of its peoples an undisturbed national development.''

Nation – Large community of people associated with a particular territory speaking a single language and having a political character or political aspirations .

People – Note that for one human being , it is preferable to use man , woman , boy , girl and not person . 1 - Persons in general . 2 – Those persons belonging to a place or forming a social class . 3 – All the persons forming a state . 4 – Those persons who are not nobles , not high in rank , position and etc . 5 – One's near relations . 6 – Race , tribe , nation .

Arie Eiran .