Survey of the situation in Eretz Israel and the Arab countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, December 1943 Eretz Israel: Influence of the United States on Middle East countries; accusation of the British of retaining an anti-Arab position regarding the solution of the Arab-Jewish problem; Jewish demonstrations; unsuccessful assassination attempt on the British High Commissioner in Eretz Israel; avoidance of military service in the British Army by the Jews; Arab countries: British position on the subject of Arab unification; British-American competition for influence in the Middle East; discussions on cancellation of the French Mandate in Syria and Lebanon; Turkish neutrality during the war.