§ 19. Mrs. Ayrton Gouldasked the Secretary of State for War how many Arabs and Jews, respectively, men and women, served in the Palestinian Forces during the war; and how many in the British Forces, other than in the Palestinian.
§ Mr. LawsonI will, with permission, circulate the figures of enlistments in Palestine in. the British Forces in the OFFICIAL REPORT. These figures include enlistments in the Palestinian Regiment which is a Regiment of the British Army. I regret that no figures are available of the numbers of Arabs and Jews other than from Palestine who served in the British Forces.
§ Earl WintertonIs it not the case that a great number of Arabs are not permitted to serve because they are not British subjects, and that there is a very small Arab population in this country and a considerable Jewish one, especially in some quarters?
§ Mr. LawsonI have no information to that effect.
§ Following are the figures:
§ The following numbers of Arabs and Jews enlisted in Palestine in the British Forces during the war: 1094
| JEWS. | ARABS. | |||
| Men. | Women. | Men. | Women. | |
| Army | 18,880 | 3,125 | 8,680 | 148 |
| R.A.F | 1,863 | 740 | 130 | 4 |
| R.N. | 1,106 | — | 83 | — |