The investigation into the Palestinian problem which is now under way by the United Nations Investigating Committee is the nineteenth investigation in 29 years. None before has ever accomplished any permanent good and this one is not likely to produce any satisfactory solution either. The differences between the parties contending for control of “the promised land” are irreconcilable. The Jews (although out of it because of God’s governmental dealings) naturally look at it as their land, and demand the lifting of restrictions on immigration so that the 200,000 displaced Jews in Europe can come in. They also want an independent government of their own, or at least one controlled by themselves. The Arabs on the other hand demand that Jewish immigration (even the very limited amount called “legal”) be stopped and that they retain the two-to-one majority they now enjoy. They likewise want a separate government for Palestine, but demand Arab control. Thus the old struggle between Ishmael and Isaac goes on.
Great Britain would gladly make Palestine a real homeland for the Jews, but this can only be done by sheer weight of military might against the most stubborn opposition of the Arabs. This would alienate all the Arabs of the surrounding countries and endanger British interests. Therefore any country that undertakes to settle the affairs of Palestine will bring down the wrath of either the one or the other of the parties involved, or perhaps even of both.
The Jews are still suffering for having cast the “Heir” out of His inheritance, and for that fateful word, “His blood be on us, and on our children.” The international Jewish problem has without doubt been an underlying cause of much trouble in the world, and it is increasingly evident that man cannot solve it—God will not permit it. Much of the trouble ahead for the world will focus in and around Palestine.