The 35th annual national convention of the Mizrachi Organization of America closed here tonight after it had adopted a $1,000,000 budget for the following year and had re-elected Rabbi Mordecai Kirschblum as president. The religious Zionist convention also adopted a resolution calling on the State Department to send arms to Israel to help the Jewish State defend itself, and then to conclude a mutual assistance pact with it.
Dr. Arthur C. Liveran, member of Israel’s permanent delegation at the United Nations, told the 800 delegates from all parts of the United States that a “balance of arms” between Israel and the Arab states will not alone suffice to preserve the peace in the Middle East. He insisted that in addition to arms for Israel, the United States must also conclude a mutual defense treaty with Israel if it wishes to save the peace of the area.
The delegates adopted a resolution calling for the merger including complete administrative and financial consolidation of the Mizrachi and Hapoel Hamizrachi in the United States within six months, in line with the decisions of the two movements to amalgamate on a worldwide basis.
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