The Arab diplomats at the Asian-African conference at Bandung, Indonesia, continued their public attack on Israel today, as delegation heads made opening remarks for the second successive day, it was reported here from Bandung.
Jordan Foreign Minister Sayyed Wahid-Salah said that the Arabs would not only present their case in public but would also bring the Israel question into committee discussions. Lebanese Prime Minister Sami Solh charged that the creation of the State of Israel was a basic violation of the rights of the Arab refugees who had been “driven from their homes,” Libyan Premier Mustafa Ben Halim called the Palestine issue “one of the most pressing problems before the conference.” Yesterday, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fadhil el Jamali called for the conference to brand Israel an illegal state and an aggressor.
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