Dr. Cyril F. Garbett, Archbishop of York, and long a foe of Israel, has loosed another blast against the Jewish State, holding it responsible for the plight of the Arab refugees and repeating anti-Israel slurs voiced by the Arabs. The Archbishop’s attack was contained in a diocesan letter published yesterday.
Reporting on a recent visit to Jerusalem, the Archbishop said that the borders drawn between Israel and the Arab states are “absurd and illogical.” He admitted that “no doubt there are isolated raids by individual Arabs,” but charged that the “retaliation is terrible.” Dr. Garbett also declared that there is more “hatred and bitterness” between the two parties than is to be found in such small area anywhere else in the world. “The Arab and the Jew despise each other.” Dr. Garbett wrote.
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