United States Senate candidate Adlai E. Stevenson III told a meeting here of B’nai B’rith that America must recognize and respond to Israel’s needs for military and economic aid. He also rejected “any attempt to dictate the terms of a settlement…which would weaken Israel’s hand in future negotiations.” Without naming Secretary of State William P. Rogers, Mr. Stevenson declared that “it is regrettable that recent statements have created a widespread impression that Israel should withdraw to indefensible boundaries.” Mr. Roger’s December 9. 1969 statement offered this approach as a solution to the Middle East crisis. Mr. Stevenson added that “history will not deal kindly with a world which did not permit this small, free and brave nation to prosper and live in peace. In America we have known this. America has been, and must remain, the great ally of Israel.”
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