B’nai B’rith Women has asked France to deal honestly with Israel and deliver the 50 Jet planes Israel ordered and paid for, it was announced yesterday. Mrs. Michael Shapiro, international president, said that the organization adopted a resolution at its February board meeting, condemning France’s sale of 110 Jet fighters to Libya. B’nai B’rith Women also asked France to reverse its Middle East policy on the eve of French Premier Georges Pompidou’s visit to the United States. The resolution charged that France’s new Middle East policy and the sale of the planes had “upset the balance of power” and “may well ignite a new world war.”
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