Philip Klutznick, national president of B’nai B’rith, this week-end attacked the “cunning”tactics of the Soviet Union in exploiting the tension between Israel and the Arab states. Mr. Klutznick spoke at a three-day meeting of District Lodge No. 1 of B’nai B’rith which was attended by 1,200 delegates from New York, New England and Canada.
Mr. Klutznick, who pointed out that beside Turkey the only state in the Middle East that could be counted as an ally of the democratic nations was Israel. He expressed regret that a “certain amount of uneasiness” had crept into relations between the United States and Israel and cautioned the U. S. that it needed the support of all free nations, no matter how small they are.
Samuel Markle, president of the district lodge, in his annual report to the conference, attacked “hate groups” in this country which under the guise “of so-called patriotism would narrow and confine the basic rights of American democracy by holding up to ridicule and derision those who insist on the fundamental principles guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States. “These same groups, the report said, “have been creating hatred for Israel, the only state in the Middle East on which the United States can depend as an ally, because of its firm adherence to our way of life.”
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