Egypt to Host Conference in Support of Palestinians

Egypt is to be the site of a conference “in support of the Palestinian people” to be held at the end of this month, the World Jewish Congress reported today.

Palestine Liberation Organization chief Yasir Arafat is to attend the meeting to be convened in Cairo on March 30, according to a broadcast carried by Radio Cairo earlier this week, which was monitored here by WJC sources. Preparations were reportedly already underway for the event.

The conference is being organized by the Egyptian Committee of the Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organization (AAPSO), an international body headquartered in Cairo. AAPSO, an Arab-dominated body, has long held a violently anti-Israel orientation and its stated aim is to “coordinate the struggle of the Afro-Asian peoples against imperialism and colonialism.”