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Debate in Commons Today; Jews in England Criticize Government

January 24, 1956
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The concern of the Anglo-Jewish community over the political and security position of Israel was expressed-in-a statement by the Board of Deputies of British Jews distributed today to Members of Parliament in advance of tomorrow’s debate on British war surpluses reaching the Middle East.

The Board statement chides the government for supplying tanks and jet planes to the Arab states and refusing such arms to Israel, despite its obligations under the Tripartite Declaration of 1950 to maintain a fair balance between Israel and the Arab states. This kind of treatment encourages the Arab states in their hostility toward Israel and in their refusal either to make peace with Israel or to meet with the Israelis to discuss peace.

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