Israel clashed with the Arab countries and their supporters at the International Conference on Human Rights at Teheran when the latter demanded Israel’s ouster for allegedly violating the rights of Arabs in occupied territories, New York Times correspondent Drew.
Middleton reported from Teheran today. The charges were leveled against Israel by Adib Daouid, of Syria, Mehdi Masud, of the Pakistani delegation and Mustafa Medani, of the Sudan who accused Israelis of committing “atrocities” against the Arabs.
Judge Jean Zeltner, of the Israeli delegation rejected the charges with “utmost contempt.” As recently as last June, he said, the Damascus radio called for “the slaughter of the Jews.” In reply to the Sudanese charge, the Israeli spokesman asked, “How many Sudanese Negroes have been slaughtered in the Southern Sudan in the last few years, 100,000,200,000, half a million?”
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