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(4) Advisory Council .—The Advisory Council should, if
possible, be enlarged by the nomination of Arab and Jewish
representatives ; but, if either party refused to serve, the Council
should continue as at present.
(5) Local Government .—The municipal system should be
re-formed on expert advice.
(6) Education .—A vigorous effort should be made to increase
the number of Arab schools. The “ mixed schools ” situated in
the area to be administered under the new Mandate should be
given every support, and the possibility of a British University
should be considered, since those institutions might play an
important part after Partition in helping to bring about an
ultimate reconciliation of the races.
Chapter XXm— Conclusion
Considering the attitude which both the Arab and the Jewish
representatives adopted in giving evidence, the Commission think it
improbable that either party will be satisfied at first sight with the
proposals submitted for the adjustment of their rival claims. For
Partition means that neither will get all it wants. It means that the
Arabs must acquiesce in the exclusion from their sovereignty of a piece
of territory, long occupied and once ruled by them. It means that
the Jews must be content with less than the Land of Israel they
once ruled and have hoped to rule again. But it seems possible
that on reflection both parties will come to realize that the drawbacks
of Partition are outweighed by its advantages. For, if it offers
meither party all it wants, it offers each what it wants most, namely
^^•eedom and security.
The advantages to the Arabs of Partition on the lines we have
proposed may be summarized as follows :—
(i) They obtain their national independence and can co
operate on an equal footing with the Arabs of the neigh
bouring countries in the cause of Arab unity and progress.
(ii) They are finally delivered from the fear of being
“ swamped ” by the Jews, and from the possibility of ultimate
subjection to Jewish rule.
(hi) In particular, the final limitation of the Jewish National
Home within a fixed frontier and the enactment of a new
Mandate for the protection of the Holy Places, solemnly
guaranteed by the League of Nations, removes all anxiety
lest the Holy Places should ever come under Jewish control.