Israeli and Arab delegates will participate together in an international conference for the second time in a week when the second Mediterranean Colloquim convenes a Florence on Saturday under the chairmanship of Giorgio Lapira. At the Mediterranean Seminar, which met here this weekend, Israeli and Arab student representatives shared tables, listened to Israeli songs and exchanged views and Hebrew New Year greetings.
The Colloquin will be attended by 85 participants including Professors Martin Buber and Yehoshua Prayer of the Hebrew University and Rustum Bastuni, a prominent Israeli Arab. The main speakers at the conference will be professor Buber and George Henein of the United Arab Republic.
Joseph Golan, secretary general of the colloquim, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency here that plans were underway for the creation of a Mediterranean summer university at a mountain resort in Italy. Courses and seminars, he said, would be given by leading professors from all Mediterranean countries. A Mediterranean documentation center was also planned, he said, Mr. Golan also announced that next year’s colloquium would be held in the spring, probably in Athens.
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