Yehuda Blum, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, told some 600 participants at the mid-winter conference of the National Committee for Labor Israel here yesterday that during the past few weeks Israel has felt intensely isolated among the family of nations. He cited as examples the anti-Israel resolution adopted by the UN Security Council on March I and the European Economic Community accommodating itself to the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Blum told the conference, which was dedicated to the 60th anniversary year of Histadrut in Israel and which also honored attorney and civic leader Aaron Solomon; that the UN resolution, for which the U.S. voted along with the other 14 Security Council members, denies Israel its basic right to security and survival and opposes the Camp David accords. “For the first time in the history of a Security Council resolution, PLO terminology aimed of the destruction of Israel has been adopted,” Blum declared.
The Ambassador added: “The acceptance by the Security Council of this PLO terminology is another step in accommodating the PLO, a trend which has become obvious in the past two or three weeks, particularly within the European countries.”
Sol Chaikin, president of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, cited Solomon for his devotion to the cause of humanity and egalitarianism. He further noted that although the faces within the American trade union movement may be changing, the basic principles remain and that the expression of the AFL-CIO will continue to steadfastly support Histadrut and the State of Israel.
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