The Zionist Federation of Britain welcomed today the Israel Government’s announcement that it had accepted the United Nations cease-fire in Sinai. It placed emphasis on the Israel offer to sit down to direct peace talks with the Arab states.
Recalling the years of strain and hostility under which Israel had lived, the Zionist Federation declared that “Israel’s present action of self-defense comes at the end of a long period of remarkable patience and has been motivated solely by an earnest desire of defending itself.” The federation expressed its solidarity with the people of Israel “in this hour of grave crisis.”
A rally called last night by the Zionist Federation of France to demonstrate solidarity with Israel in its current action completely filled Salle Wagram, one of the larger public halls in Paris. Various other Jewish groups, including an organization of Jewish veterans, added their support to the meeting.
The largest synagogue in Johannesburg was packed last night as more than 2,000 Jews turned out for a rally to express solidarity with Israel. Among the speakers were Chief Rabbi Louis I. Rabbinowitz, Edel Horowitz, vice-president of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies and Israel Dunsky, chairman of the Zionist Federation.
Raffaele Cantoni, “World Jewish Congress representative in Italy, appealed today to the Italian people to understand Israel’s right to break the Arab encirclement of the Jewish State and its right to a peaceful existence. At a press conference where he expressed the solidarity of Italian Jewry with Israel, the WJC leader detailed the instances of United Nations failure to prevent Egyptian violation of the armistice pact and international treaties in relation to Israel.
The principal institutions of Argentine Jewry joined today in a new political committee designed to support the State of Israel in every possible manner and to rally Argentine public opinion behind the Jewish State. Represented in the committee are: Zionist Central Council, DAIA, Federation of Jewish Communities, United Israel Campaign, Israel Bond Organization and Jewish National Fund.
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