Asserting that the Arab states must accept Israel’s existence, Aneurin Bevan, British Labor Party leader, told a press conference here today he believed India had a responsibility to persuade President Nasser that “It is also his duty to live at peace with other nations.”
Asserting that Israel had acted under intense provocation in launching its Sinai campaign, Mr. Bevan said the Arab states were wrong in not basing their foreign policy on the fact of Israel’s existence. He rejected Egypt’s claim of “belligerent rights,” asserting that Egypt could not have it “both ways,” He urged that Israeli ships should be allowed by Nasser through the Suez Canal. The question of free passage could not be settled by an international court ruling unless both sides agreed to accept the ruling, he pointed out.
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