The National Association of Federations of Syrian and Lebanese Clubs in America made known today it is seeking interviews with President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles to urge revision of American policies that the association contends favor Israel.
A statement issued here by the association today said a revision of U.S. policy toward Israel is “the only way to guarantee peace in the Middle East.” The association said it represented more than 150 organizations of Americans of Arab descent. A resolution presented by the association to the State Department listed four suggestions for changes in U. S. policy:
1. “Divorcing our foreign policy from the influence of political Zionism in the United States.” 2. “Discontinuing our partiality for Israel.” 3. “Taking serious and effective steps to implement and enforce the three principal United Nations resolutions for: (A) Internationalization of Jerusalem: (B) Repatriation of the Arab refugees to their homes; and (C) Restoration of the Israel-Arab boundaries to those defined in the so-called ‘partition resolution’ of the United Nations.” 4. “Public officials of the United States Government should desist from activities in support of the sale and floating of Israeli bonds in the United States.”
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