The Anglican bishop of Jordan, Lebanon and Syria asserted here today that, if the Arabs cannot get a solution to the Palestine problem by peaceful means, “they may be driven to war.”
The Rt. Rev. Najib Cuba’in, here to attend the Third World Congress of the Anglican Church, of which he is the only Arab bishop, said Israel’s “intransigence” is pushing the Middle East toward a new conflict.
He said war is the last thing any Arab, including Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, wants. However, he contended, all Arabs are united in desiring “repatriation” of the Palestine refugees and Israel’s withdrawal to the boundaries set by the United Nations in 1947.
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