The Riddle of Palestine The Jew is right. But so is the Arab. And while outsiders meddle, they'll never come to terms, says this British M. P. April 1 1947 RICHARD CROSSMAN The Riddle of Palestine The Jew is right. But so is the Arab. And while outsiders meddle, they'll never come to terms, says this British M. P. RICHARD CROSSMAN LONDON (By Cable)—Why does Palestine matter? Why did the British Cabinet last year spend far more time on this little country —about the same size as Wales—than on the vast subcontinent of India? Why do the rights and wrongs of the dispute between 1,250,000 Arabs and 630,000 Jews get the headlines in the newspapers when far larger national conflicts go unnoticed?