Leaders of the “Arab Front,” recently-formed organization of Arabs in Israel, denied in a press conference today that their group was a political party or that it was hostile to the State of Israel. They also denied that they had any contact with the Communists although a number of prominent Arab Communists are among the leaders of the organization.
The organization’s spokesmen today–the head of a local council, landowners and lawyers–said that the Front’s objective was elimination of all discrimination against the Arabs, abolition of military administration of Arab areas of the country, elimination of the need for movement permits for Arabs and abolition of “anti-Arab” land laws.
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